What is the severity of CVE-2019-11939?

The severity of CVE-2019-11939 is high.

How does CVE-2019-11939 affect Golang Facebook Thrift servers?

CVE-2019-11939 allows malicious clients to send short messages that result in a large memory allocation, potentially leading to denial of service.

Which software versions are affected by CVE-2019-11939?

Versions up to and excluding 0.31.1-0.20200311080807-483ed864d69f of GitHub.com/facebook/fbthrift and versions up to and excluding 2020.03.16.00 of Facebook Thrift are affected by CVE-2019-11939.

How can I fix CVE-2019-11939?

To fix CVE-2019-11939, update your Golang Facebook Thrift servers to version 0.31.1-0.20200311080807-483ed864d69f or later.

What is the CWE ID for CVE-2019-11939?

The CWE ID for CVE-2019-11939 is 770.

Vulnerability/
CVE-2019-11939

high

7.5

CWE

770

18/3/2020

24/5/2022

4/8/2024

CVE-2019-11939

First published: Wed Mar 18 2020(Updated: )

Golang Facebook Thrift servers would not error upon receiving messages declaring containers of sizes larger than the payload. As a result, malicious clients could send short messages which would result in a large memory allocation, potentially leading to denial of service. This issue affects Facebook Thrift prior to v2020.03.16.00.

Credit: cve-assign@fb.com cve-assign@fb.com

Affected Software	Affected Version	How to fix
go/github.com/facebook/fbthrift	<0.31.1-0.20200311080807-483ed864d69f	0.31.1-0.20200311080807-483ed864d69f
Facebook Thrift	<2020.03.16.00

Remedy

https://github.com/facebook/fbthrift/commit/483ed864d69f307e9e3b9dadec048216100c0757

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2019-11939?
The severity of CVE-2019-11939 is high.
How does CVE-2019-11939 affect Golang Facebook Thrift servers?
CVE-2019-11939 allows malicious clients to send short messages that result in a large memory allocation, potentially leading to denial of service.
Which software versions are affected by CVE-2019-11939?
Versions up to and excluding 0.31.1-0.20200311080807-483ed864d69f of GitHub.com/facebook/fbthrift and versions up to and excluding 2020.03.16.00 of Facebook Thrift are affected by CVE-2019-11939.
How can I fix CVE-2019-11939?
To fix CVE-2019-11939, update your Golang Facebook Thrift servers to version 0.31.1-0.20200311080807-483ed864d69f or later.
What is the CWE ID for CVE-2019-11939?
The CWE ID for CVE-2019-11939 is 770.

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