SB2022081635 - SUSE update for python-Twisted
Published: August 16, 2022
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.
1) Inconsistent interpretation of HTTP requests (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-10108)
CWE-ID: CWE-444 - Inconsistent Interpretation of HTTP Requests ('HTTP Request Smuggling')
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform HTTP request smuggling attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to an error when processing two Content-length headers, sent within one HTTP request that caused the request body to be interpreted as a pipelined request. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request to the affected web server and posing HTTP cache or perform other attacks against web application.
2) Inconsistent interpretation of HTTP requests (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-10109)
CWE-ID: CWE-444 - Inconsistent Interpretation of HTTP Requests ('HTTP Request Smuggling')
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform HTTP request smuggling attack.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient input validation when processing Content-length and a Chunked encoding header, sent within one HTTP request. The Content-length header took precedence and the remainder of the request body was interpreted as a pipelined request. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request to the affected web server and poison HTTP cache or perform other attacks against web application.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.