Improper Input Validation Affecting apache/trafficserver package, versions [8.0.0,8.1.11) [9.0.0,9.2.5-rc0)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.18% (56th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-UNMANAGED-APACHETRAFFICSERVER-7573319
  • published 30 Jul 2024
  • disclosed 25 Jul 2024
  • credit Keran Mu

How to fix?

Upgrade apache/trafficserver to version 8.1.11, 9.2.5-rc0 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Input Validation due to incomplete checks in the handling of HTTP chunked trailer sections. An attacker can exploit this to perform request smuggling and potentially cause cache poisoning by forwarding malformed HTTP chunked trailer sections to origin servers.

CVSS Scores

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Snyk

Recommended
6.9 medium
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Attack Requirements (AT)
    None
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Confidentiality (VC)
    Low
  • Integrity (VI)
    None
  • Availability (VA)
    None
  • Confidentiality (SC)
    None
  • Integrity (SI)
    None
  • Availability (SA)
    None