HTTP Request Smuggling Affecting libecap-devel package, versions <0:1.0.1-2.module+el8.4.0+404+316a0dc5


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Rocky Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.01% (84th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ROCKY8-LIBECAPDEVEL-3297088
  • published3 Feb 2023
  • disclosed30 Jun 2020

Introduced: 30 Jun 2020

CVE-2020-15049  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-444  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Rocky-Linux:8 libecap-devel to version 0:1.0.1-2.module+el8.4.0+404+316a0dc5 or higher.
This issue was patched in RLSA-2020:4743.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libecap-devel package and not the libecap-devel package as distributed by Rocky-Linux. See How to fix? for Rocky-Linux:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in http/ContentLengthInterpreter.cc in Squid before 4.12 and 5.x before 5.0.3. A Request Smuggling and Poisoning attack can succeed against the HTTP cache. The client sends an HTTP request with a Content-Length header containing "+\ "-" or an uncommon shell whitespace character prefix to the length field-value.

CVSS Scores

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