CVE-2015-8852

Summary

CVECVE-2015-8852
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-04-25 14:59:01 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionVarnish 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.0 7.5 HIGH from [email protected]

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a


VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.0[email protected]Primary7.5HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
2.0[email protected]Primary5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

CVSS v3.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 7.0 All All All
Application Varnish Cache Project Varnish Cache 3.0.0 beta1 All All
Application Varnish Cache Project Varnish Cache 3.0.0 beta2 All All
Application Varnish Cache Project Varnish Cache 3.0.1 All All All
Application Varnish Cache Project Varnish Cache 3.0.2 All All All
Application Varnish Cache Project Varnish Cache 3.0.3 All All All
Application Varnish Cache Project Varnish Cache 3.0.4 All All All
Application Varnish Cache Project Varnish Cache 3.0.5 All All All
Application Varnish Cache Project Varnish Cache 3.0.6 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Varnish 3.0.7 released. af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.varnish-cache.org Vendor Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3553-1 varnish af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Do not consider a CR by itself as a valid line terminator · varnish/Varnish-Cache@85e8468 · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com
oss-security - Re: CVE request: Varnish 3 before 3.0.7 was vulnerable to HTTP Smuggling issues: Double Content Length and bad EOL af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
openSUSE-SU-2016:1316-1: moderate: Security update for varnish af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Varnish: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201607-10) — Gentoo security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
oss-security - CVE request: Varnish 3 before 3.0.7 was vulnerable to HTTP Smuggling issues: Double Content Length and bad EOL af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
Check for duplicate Content-Length headers in requests · varnish/Varnish-Cache@29870c8 · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com
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