HTTP Response Splitting Affecting varnish package, versions <0:3.0.7-1.20.amzn1


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.82% (82nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN201803-VARNISH-1698833
  • published27 Sept 2021
  • disclosed25 Apr 2016

Introduced: 25 Apr 2016

CVE-2015-8852  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-113  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2018.03 varnish to version 0:3.0.7-1.20.amzn1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS-2016-721.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream varnish package and not the varnish package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2018.03 relevant fixed versions and status.

Varnish 3.x before 3.0.7, when used in certain stacked installations, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTTP headers and conduct HTTP response splitting attacks via a header line terminated by a \r (carriage return) character in conjunction with multiple Content-Length headers in an HTTP request.

CVSS Scores

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