Fedora 22 update for golang



| Updated: 2025-04-24
Risk High
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 3
CVE-ID CVE-2015-5739
CVE-2015-5740
CVE-2015-5741
CWE-ID CWE-444
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
 Fedora
Operating systems & Components / Operating system

golang
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

Vendor Fedoraproject

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains information about 3 vulnerabilities.

1) Inconsistent interpretation of HTTP requests

EUVDB-ID: #VU21783

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 6.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2015-5739

CWE-ID: CWE-444 - Inconsistent Interpretation of HTTP Requests ('HTTP Request Smuggling')

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to conduct an HTTP request smuggling attack on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to the "net/http" library in "net/textproto/reader.go" does not properly parse HTTP header keys. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request and conduct HTTP request smuggling attacks via a space instead of a hyphen, as demonstrated by "Content Length" instead of "Content-Length."


Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's repository.

Vulnerable software versions

Fedora: 22

golang: before 1.5.1-0.fc22

CPE2.3 External links

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2015-15619


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

2) Inconsistent interpretation of HTTP requests

EUVDB-ID: #VU21784

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 6.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2015-5740

CWE-ID: CWE-444 - Inconsistent Interpretation of HTTP Requests ('HTTP Request Smuggling')

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to conduct an HTTP request smuggling attack on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to the "net/http" library in "net/http/transfer.go" does not properly parse HTTP headers. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request and conduct HTTP request smuggling attacks via a request with two Content-length headers.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's repository.

Vulnerable software versions

Fedora: 22

golang: before 1.5.1-0.fc22

CPE2.3 External links

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2015-15619


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

3) Inconsistent interpretation of HTTP requests

EUVDB-ID: #VU30372

Risk: High

CVSSv4.0: 8.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber]

CVE-ID: CVE-2015-5741

CWE-ID: CWE-444 - Inconsistent Interpretation of HTTP Requests ('HTTP Request Smuggling')

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.

The net/http library in net/http/transfer.go in Go before 1.4.3 does not properly parse HTTP headers, which allows remote attackers to conduct HTTP request smuggling attacks via a request that contains Content-Length and Transfer-Encoding header fields.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's repository.

Vulnerable software versions

Fedora: 22

golang: before 1.5.1-0.fc22

CPE2.3 External links

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2015-15619


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



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