CVE-2020-15049

Summary

CVECVE-2020-15049
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-06-30 18:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:17:00 UTC
DescriptionAn 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-444

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 31 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 31 All All All
Application Squid-cache Squid All All All All
Application Squid-cache Squid 2.7 All All All
Application Squid-cache Squid 2.7 stable2 All All
Application Squid-cache Squid 2.7 stable3 All All
Application Squid-cache Squid 2.7 stable4 All All
Application Squid-cache Squid 2.7 stable5 All All
Application Squid-cache Squid 2.7 stable6 All All
Application Squid-cache Squid 2.7 stable7 All All
Application Squid-cache Squid 2.7 stable8 All All
Application Squid-cache Squid 2.7 stable9 All All
Application Squid-cache Squid All All All All
Application Squid-cache Squid 2.7 All All All
Application Squid-cache Squid 2.7 stable2 All All
Application Squid-cache Squid 2.7 stable3 All All
Application Squid-cache Squid 2.7 stable4 All All
Application Squid-cache Squid 2.7 stable5 All All
Application Squid-cache Squid 2.7 stable6 All All
Application Squid-cache Squid 2.7 stable7 All All
Application Squid-cache Squid 2.7 stable8 All All
Application Squid-cache Squid 2.7 stable9 All All
Application Squid-cache Squid All All All All
Application Squid-cache Squid All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v4/changesets/squid-4-ea12a34d338b962707d5078d6d1fc7... MISC www.squid-cache.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
SQUID-2020:7 Cache Poisoning Issue in HTTP Request processing · Advisory · squid-cache/squid · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 31 Update: squid-4.12-1.fc31 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
June 2020 Squid Vulnerabilities in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security CONFIRM security.netapp.com
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2020:1346-1: critical: Security update f SUSE lists.opensuse.org
www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v5/changesets/squid-5-485c9a7bb1bba88754e07ad0094647... MISC www.squid-cache.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
[SECURITY] [DLA 2394-1] squid3 security update MLIST lists.debian.org
USN-4551-1: Squid vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 31 Update: squid-4.12-1.fc31 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4732-1 squid DEBIAN www.debian.org
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2020:1369-1: critical: Security update f SUSE lists.opensuse.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 159658 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for squid:4 (ELSA-2020-4743)
  • 198313 Ubuntu Security Notification for Squid, Squid3 Vulnerabilities (USN-4895-1)
  • 376993 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for squid (ALINUX2-SA-2020:0119)
  • 377360 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for squid:4 (ALINUX3-SA-2022:0124)
  • 502031 Alpine Linux Security Update for squid
  • 504428 Alpine Linux Security Update for squid
  • 940034 AlmaLinux Security Update for squid:4 (ALSA-2020:4743)
  • 960867 Rocky Linux Security Update for squid:4 (RLSA-2020:4743)
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