Description
Sphinx Technologies Sphinx 3.1.1 by default has no authentication and listens on 0.0.0.0, making it exposed to the internet (unless filtered by a firewall or reconfigured to listen to 127.0.0.1 only).
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | sphinxsearch | 2.2.11-4 | — |
| Debian 13 | sphinxsearch | 2.2.11-4 | — |
| Debian 12 | sphinxsearch | 2.2.11-4 | — |
Ubuntu
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 26.10 | sphinxsearch | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 26.04 LTS | sphinxsearch | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 25.10 | sphinxsearch | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 24.04 LTS | sphinxsearch | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 22.04 LTS | sphinxsearch | No fix yet | — |
Show 3 more (older releases, extended support, other products)Fewer releases
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS | sphinxsearch | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS | sphinxsearch | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 16.04 LTS | sphinxsearch | No fix yet | — |
References
- http://sphinxsearch.com/docs/sphinx3.html#getting-started-on-linux-and-macos
- https://sphinxsearch.com/blog/
- https://blog.wirhabenstil.de/2019/08/19/sphinxsearch-0-0-0-09306-cve-2019-14511/
- FEDORA-2019-9231a18768 vendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2019-bdadf4c6f5 vendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2019-1f604fd2f2 vendor-advisory