UBUNTU-CVE-2020-15694

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-15694
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2020/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-15694.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-15694
Upstream
Published
2020-08-14T19:15:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:46:14Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

In Nim 1.2.4, the standard library httpClient fails to properly validate the server response. For example, httpClient.get().contentLength() does not raise any error if a malicious server provides a negative Content-Length.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / nim

Package

Name
nim
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/nim@0.12.0-2?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

0.*

0.11.2+dfsg1-4
0.12.0-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "0.12.0-2",
            "binary_name": "nim"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS / nim

Package

Name
nim
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/nim@0.17.2-1ubuntu2?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

0.*

0.17.2-1ubuntu1
0.17.2-1ubuntu2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "0.17.2-1ubuntu2",
            "binary_name": "nim"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS / nim

Package

Name
nim
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/nim@1.0.6-1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/focal

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

0.*

0.20.2-1

1.*

1.0.2-1
1.0.3~rc-1
1.0.4-1
1.0.6-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1.0.6-1",
            "binary_name": "nim"
        }
    ]
}