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CVE-2019-15892

An issue was discovered in Varnish Cache before 6.0.4 LTS, and 6.1.x and 6.2.x before 6.2.1. An...

7.5 HighFix available

An issue was discovered in Varnish Cache before 6.0.4 LTS, and 6.1.x and 6.2.x before 6.2.1. An HTTP/1 parsing failure allows a remote attacker to trigger an assert by sending crafted HTTP/1 requests. The assert will cause an automatic restart with a clean cache, which makes it a Denial of Service attack.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

5.90%Up 3.0 points since Apr 14, 2021
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 7.5

An issue was discovered in Varnish Cache before 6.0.4 LTS, and 6.1.x and 6.2.x before 6.2.1. An HTTP/1 parsing failure allows a remote attacker to trigger an assert by sending crafted HTTP/1 requests. The assert will cause an automatic restart with a clean cache, which makes it a Denial of Service attack.

Record
CVE-2019-15892
CVSS 3.0
7.5 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.0
7.8 HighAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Weakness
CWE-617
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

An issue was discovered in Varnish Cache before 6.0.4 LTS, and 6.1.x and 6.2.x before 6.2.1. An HTTP/1 parsing failure allows a remote attacker to trigger an assert by sending crafted HTTP/1 requests. The assert will cause an automatic restart with a clean cache, which makes it a Denial of Service attack.

Record
CVE-2019-15892
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2019-6803 No score

An issue was discovered in Varnish Cache before 6.0.4 LTS, and 6.1.x and 6.2.x before 6.2.1. An HTTP/1 parsing failure allows a remote attacker to trigger an assert by sending crafted HTTP/1 requests. The assert will cause an automatic restart with a clean cache, which makes it a Denial of Service attack.

Record
EUVD-2019-6803
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-3775-frgh-j3vc 7.5

An issue was discovered in Varnish Cache before 6.0.4 LTS, and 6.1.x and 6.2.x before 6.2.1. An...

An issue was discovered in Varnish Cache before 6.0.4 LTS, and 6.1.x and 6.2.x before 6.2.1. An HTTP/1 parsing failure allows a remote attacker to trigger an assert by sending crafted HTTP/1 requests. The assert will cause an automatic restart with a clean cache, which makes it a Denial of Service attack.

Record
GHSA-3775-frgh-j3vc
CVSS 3.0
7.5 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness
CWE-617
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVALPINE-CVE-2019-15892 7.5

An issue was discovered in Varnish Cache before 6.0.4 LTS, and 6.1.x and 6.2.x before 6.2.1. An HTTP/1 parsing failure allows a remote attacker to trigger an assert by sending crafted HTTP/1 requests. The assert will cause an automatic restart with a clean cache, which makes it a Denial of Service attack.

Record
ALPINE-CVE-2019-15892
CVSS 3.0
7.5 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV 7.5

An issue was discovered in Varnish Cache before 6.0.4 LTS, and 6.1.x and 6.2.x before 6.2.1. An HTTP/1 parsing failure allows a remote attacker to trigger an assert by sending crafted HTTP/1 requests. The assert will cause an automatic restart with a clean cache, which makes it a Denial of Service attack.

Record
CVE-2019-15892
CVSS 3.0
7.5 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
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OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2019-15892 7.5

An issue was discovered in Varnish Cache before 6.0.4 LTS, and 6.1.x and 6.2.x before 6.2.1. An HTTP/1 parsing failure allows a remote attacker to trigger an assert by sending crafted HTTP/1 requests. The assert will cause an automatic restart with a clean cache, which makes it a Denial of Service attack.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2019-15892
CVSS 3.0
7.5 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVOESA-2021-1032 7.5

varnish security update

This is Varnish Cache, a web application accelerator also known as a caching HTTP reverse proxy. You install it in front of any server that speaks HTTP and configure it to cache the contents. Varnish Cache is really, really fast. It typically speeds up delivery with a factor of 300 - 1000x, depending on your architecture.\r\n\r\n Security Fix(es):\r\n\r\n An issue was discovered in Varnish Cache before 6.0.4 LTS, and 6.1.x and 6.2.x before 6.2.1. An HTTP/1 parsing failure allows a remote attacker to trigger an assert by sending crafted HTTP/1 requests. The assert will cause an automatic restart with a clean cache, which makes it a Denial of Service attack.(CVE-2019-15892)\r\n\r\n

Record
OESA-2021-1032
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVRHEA-2020:2262 7.5

Red Hat Enhancement Advisory: rh-varnish6 bug fix and enhancement update

Record
RHEA-2020:2262
CVSS 3.0
7.5 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVRHSA-2020:4756 7.5

Red Hat Security Advisory: varnish:6 security, bug fix, and enhancement update

Record
RHSA-2020:4756
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVRLSA-2020:4756 7.5

Moderate: varnish:6 security, bug fix, and enhancement update

Varnish Cache is a high-performance HTTP accelerator. It stores web pages in memory so web servers don't have to create the same web page over and over again, giving the website a significant speed up.

The following packages have been upgraded to a later upstream version: varnish (6.0.6). (BZ#1795673)

Security Fix(es):

  • varnish: denial of service handling certain crafted HTTP/1 requests (CVE-2019-15892)

  • varnish: remote clients may cause Varnish to assert and restart which could result in DoS (CVE-2020-11653)

  • varnish: not clearing pointer between two client requests leads to information disclosure (CVE-2019-20637)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Additional Changes:

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Rocky Linux 8.3 Release Notes linked from the References section.

Record
RLSA-2020:4756
CVSS 3.0
7.5 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2019-15892 7.5

An issue was discovered in Varnish Cache before 6.0.4 LTS, and 6.1.x and 6.2.x before 6.2.1. An HTTP/1 parsing failure allows a remote attacker to trigger an assert by sending crafted HTTP/1 requests. The assert will cause an automatic restart with a clean cache, which makes it a Denial of Service attack.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2019-15892
CVSS 3.0
7.5 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2019:2184-1 No score

Security update for varnish

This update for varnish fixes the following issues:

Security issue fixed:

  • CVE-2019-15892: Fixed a potential denial of service by sending crafted HTTP/1 requests (boo#1149382).

Non-security issues fixed:

  • Updated the package to release 6.2.1.
  • Added a thread pool watchdog which will restart the worker process if scheduling tasks onto worker threads appears stuck. The new parameter 'thread_pool_watchdog' configures it.
  • Disabled error for clobbering, which caused bogus error in varnishtest.
Record
openSUSE-SU-2019:2184-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2019:2221-1 No score

Security update for varnish

This update for varnish fixes the following issues:

Security issue fixed:

  • CVE-2019-15892: Fixed a potential denial of service by sending crafted HTTP/1 requests (boo#1149382).

Non-security issues fixed:

  • Updated the package to release 6.2.1.
  • Added a thread pool watchdog which will restart the worker process if scheduling tasks onto worker threads appears stuck. The new parameter 'thread_pool_watchdog' configures it.
  • Disabled error for clobbering, which caused bogus error in varnishtest.

This update was imported from the openSUSE:Leap:15.0:Update update project.

Record
openSUSE-SU-2019:2221-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:11493-1 No score

libvarnishapi2-6.6.1-1.2 on GA media

These are all security issues fixed in the libvarnishapi2-6.6.1-1.2 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:11493-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2026:10751-1 No score

libvinylapi3-9.0.0-1.1 on GA media

These are all security issues fixed in the libvinylapi3-9.0.0-1.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Record
openSUSE-SU-2026:10751-1
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
varnish
Alpine:v3.10
before 6.2.1-r0
6.2.1-r0
varnish
Alpine:v3.11
before 6.2.1-r0
6.2.1-r0
varnish
Alpine:v3.12
before 6.2.1-r0
6.2.1-r0
varnish
Alpine:v3.13
before 6.2.1-r0
6.2.1-r0
varnish
Alpine:v3.14
before 6.2.1-r0
6.2.1-r0
varnish
Alpine:v3.15
before 6.2.1-r0
6.2.1-r0
varnish
Alpine:v3.16
before 6.2.1-r0
6.2.1-r0
varnish
Alpine:v3.17
before 6.2.1-r0
6.2.1-r0
varnish
Alpine:v3.18
before 6.2.1-r0
6.2.1-r0
varnish
Alpine:v3.19
before 6.2.1-r0
6.2.1-r0
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
varnish
Alpine:v3.20
before 6.2.1-r0
6.2.1-r0
varnish
Alpine:v3.21
before 6.2.1-r0
6.2.1-r0
varnish
Alpine:v3.22
before 6.2.1-r0
6.2.1-r0
varnish
Alpine:v3.23
before 6.2.1-r0
6.2.1-r0
varnish
Alpine:v3.24
before 6.2.1-r0
6.2.1-r0
varnish
Alpine:v3.8
before 6.0.4-r0
6.0.4-r0
varnish
Alpine:v3.9
before 6.2.1-r0
6.2.1-r0
varnish
Debian:12
before 6.2.1-1
6.2.1-1
varnish
Debian:13
before 6.2.1-1
6.2.1-1
varnish
Debian:10
before 6.1.1-1+deb10u1, plus listed versions
6.1.1-1
6.1.1-1+deb10u1
varnish
openEuler:20.03-LTS
before 6.0.0-7.oe1
6.0.0-7.oe1
varnish
openEuler:20.03-LTS-SP1
before 6.0.0-7.oe1
6.0.0-7.oe1
rh-varnish6
Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:3::el7
before 0:4.1-6.el7
0:4.1-6.el7
rh-varnish6-runtime
Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:3::el7
before 0:4.1-6.el7
0:4.1-6.el7
rh-varnish6-scldevel
Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:3::el7
before 0:4.1-6.el7
0:4.1-6.el7
rh-varnish6-varnish
Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:3::el7
before 0:6.0.6-1.el7
0:6.0.6-1.el7
rh-varnish6-varnish-devel
Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:3::el7
before 0:6.0.6-1.el7
0:6.0.6-1.el7
rh-varnish6-varnish-docs
Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:3::el7
before 0:6.0.6-1.el7
0:6.0.6-1.el7
rh-varnish6-varnish-libs
Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:3::el7
before 0:6.0.6-1.el7
0:6.0.6-1.el7
rh-varnish6-varnish-modules
Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:3::el7
before 0:0.15.0-6.el7
0:0.15.0-6.el7
rh-varnish6-varnish-modules-debuginfo
Red Hat:rhel_software_collections:3::el7
before 0:0.15.0-6.el7
0:0.15.0-6.el7
varnish
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream
before 0:6.0.6-2.module+el8.3.0+6843+b3b42fcc
0:6.0.6-2.module+el8.3.0+6843+b3b42fcc
varnish-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream
before 0:6.0.6-2.module+el8.3.0+6843+b3b42fcc
0:6.0.6-2.module+el8.3.0+6843+b3b42fcc
varnish-docs
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream
before 0:6.0.6-2.module+el8.3.0+6843+b3b42fcc
0:6.0.6-2.module+el8.3.0+6843+b3b42fcc
varnish-modules
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream
before 0:0.15.0-5.module+el8.3.0+6843+b3b42fcc
0:0.15.0-5.module+el8.3.0+6843+b3b42fcc
varnish-modules-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream
before 0:0.15.0-5.module+el8.3.0+6843+b3b42fcc
0:0.15.0-5.module+el8.3.0+6843+b3b42fcc
varnish-modules-debugsource
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream
before 0:0.15.0-5.module+el8.3.0+6843+b3b42fcc
0:0.15.0-5.module+el8.3.0+6843+b3b42fcc
varnish
Rocky Linux:8
before 0:6.0.6-2.module+el8.3.0+179+20b582cc
0:6.0.6-2.module+el8.3.0+179+20b582cc
varnish-modules
Rocky Linux:8
before 0:0.15.0-5.module+el8.3.0+179+20b582cc
0:0.15.0-5.module+el8.3.0+179+20b582cc
varnish
openSUSE:Leap 15.0
before 6.2.1-lp151.3.3.1
6.2.1-lp151.3.3.1
varnish
openSUSE:Leap 15.1
before 6.2.1-lp151.3.3.1
6.2.1-lp151.3.3.1
varnish
SUSE:Package Hub 15
before 6.2.1-bp151.4.3.1
6.2.1-bp151.4.3.1
varnish
SUSE:Package Hub 15 SP1
before 6.2.1-bp151.4.3.1
6.2.1-bp151.4.3.1
varnish
openSUSE:Tumbleweed
before 6.6.1-1.2
6.6.1-1.2
vinyl-cache
openSUSE:Tumbleweed
before 9.0.0-1.1
9.0.0-1.1

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
affected
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2019-15892 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Varnish-software Varnish Cache, published September 3, 2019. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 5.90%, the 93rd percentile. Fixed in varnish 6.2.1-r0.

References

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