Critical
Security advisory
vbf_stp_error in bin/varnishd/cache/cache_fetch.c in Varnish HTTP Cache 4.1.x before 4.1.9 and 5.x before 5.2.1 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory because a VFP_GetStorage buffer is larger than intended in certain circumstances involving -sfile Stevedore transient objects.
- Products
- Not specified
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2017-8807
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 09:24 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
vbf_stp_error in bin/varnishd/cache/cache_fetch.c in Varnish HTTP Cache 4.1.x before 4.1.9 and 5.x before 5.2.1 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory because a VFP_GetStorage buffer is larger than intended in certain circumstances involving -sfile Stevedore transient objects.
osv:CVE-2017-8807
Complete source record
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"https://bugs.debian.org/881808",
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"source_id": "core-osv",
"document_id": 443589,
"published_at": "2017-11-16T02:29:05.66+00:00"
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