#VU30372 Inconsistent interpretation of HTTP requests in Go programming language - CVE-2015-5741

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#VU30372 Inconsistent interpretation of HTTP requests in Go programming language - CVE-2015-5741

Published: February 8, 2020 / Updated: July 17, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU30372
Vulnerability risk: High
CVSSv4.0: 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
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Go programming language
Software vendor:
Google

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.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

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