CVE-2015-8852
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2015-8852 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLISHED |
| Assigner | mitre |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2016-04-25 14:59:01 UTC |
| Updated | 2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC |
| Description | 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. |
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
| Version | Source | Type | Score | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.0 | [email protected] | Primary | 7.5 | HIGH | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |
| 2.0 | [email protected] | Primary | 5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
CVSS v3.0 Breakdown
Attack Vector
NetworkAttack Complexity
LowPrivileges Required
NoneUser Interaction
NoneScope
UnchangedConfidentiality
NoneIntegrity
HighAvailability
NoneCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS v2.0 Breakdown
Access Vector
NetworkAccess Complexity
LowAuthentication
NoneConfidentiality
NoneIntegrity
PartialAvailability
NoneAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.
There are currently no legacy QID mappings associated with this CVE.