CVE-2020-11653 (GCVE-0-2020-11653)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-04-08 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-04 11:35
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Summary
An issue was discovered in Varnish Cache before 6.0.6 LTS, 6.1.x and 6.2.x before 6.2.3, and 6.3.x before 6.3.2. It occurs when communication with a TLS termination proxy uses PROXY version 2. There can be an assertion failure and daemon restart, which causes a performance loss.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
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