critical
CVE-2017-8807
varnish: Data leak - ‘-sfile’ Stevedore transient objects
In the Trivy database since at least 24 Oct 2026, 07:11 UTCWhen it arrived before that build is not recorded.
Severity by source
NVD9.1CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Red Hat5.3CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Trivy's own label is CRITICAL. Rated critical by NVD. Rated lower by Red Hat (medium), Ubuntu (low).
Description
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.
Affected packages and fixed versions
| Source | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| alpine 3.10 | varnish | 5.2.1-r0 |
| alpine 3.11 | varnish | 5.2.1-r0 |
| alpine 3.12 | varnish | 5.2.1-r0 |
| alpine 3.13 | varnish | 5.2.1-r0 |
| alpine 3.14 | varnish | 5.2.1-r0 |
| alpine 3.15 | varnish | 5.2.1-r0 |
| alpine 3.16 | varnish | 5.2.1-r0 |
| alpine 3.17 | varnish | 5.2.1-r0 |
| alpine 3.18 | varnish | 5.2.1-r0 |
| alpine 3.19 | varnish | 5.2.1-r0 |
| alpine 3.20 | varnish | 5.2.1-r0 |
| alpine 3.21 | varnish | 5.2.1-r0 |
Show all 31 entries from 31 sources
| Source | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| alpine 3.10 | varnish | 5.2.1-r0 |
| alpine 3.11 | varnish | 5.2.1-r0 |
| alpine 3.12 | varnish | 5.2.1-r0 |
| alpine 3.13 | varnish | 5.2.1-r0 |
| alpine 3.14 | varnish | 5.2.1-r0 |
| alpine 3.15 | varnish | 5.2.1-r0 |
| alpine 3.16 | varnish | 5.2.1-r0 |
| alpine 3.17 | varnish | 5.2.1-r0 |
| alpine 3.18 | varnish | 5.2.1-r0 |
| alpine 3.19 | varnish | 5.2.1-r0 |
| alpine 3.20 | varnish | 5.2.1-r0 |
| alpine 3.21 | varnish | 5.2.1-r0 |
| alpine 3.22 | varnish | 5.2.1-r0 |
| alpine 3.23 | varnish | 5.2.1-r0 |
| alpine 3.24 | varnish | 5.2.1-r0 |
| alpine 3.3 | varnish | 4.1.9-r0 |
| alpine 3.4 | varnish | 4.1.9-r0 |
| alpine 3.5 | varnish | 4.1.9-r0 |
| alpine 3.6 | varnish | 4.1.9-r0 |
| alpine 3.7 | varnish | 5.2.1-r0 |
| alpine 3.8 | varnish | 5.2.1-r0 |
| alpine 3.9 | varnish | 5.2.1-r0 |
| alpine edge | varnish | 5.2.1-r0 |
| debian 11 | varnish | 5.2.1-1 |
| debian 12 | varnish | 5.2.1-1 |
| debian 13 | varnish | 5.2.1-1 |
| debian 9 | varnish | 5.0.0-7+deb9u2 |
| echo | varnish | 5.2.1-1 |
| root.io debian 11 | rootio-varnish | 5.2.1-1 |
| root.io debian 12 | rootio-varnish | 5.2.1-1 |
| ubuntu 16.04-ESM | varnish | 4.1.1-1ubuntu0.2+esm1 |
References
- http://varnish-cache.org/security/VSV00002.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101886
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-8807
- https://bugs.debian.org/881808
- https://github.com/varnishcache/varnish-cache/commit/176f8a075a963ffbfa56f1c460c15f6a1a6af5a7
- https://github.com/varnishcache/varnish-cache/pull/2429
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-8807
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4824-1