Input validation error in Apache Traffic Server - CVE-2020-17509

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Input validation error in Apache Traffic Server - CVE-2020-17509

Published: December 8, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU48817
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-17509
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cache poisoning attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input in Apache Traffic Server when negative cache option is enabled. A remote attacker can send specially crafted data to the proxy server and poison negative server's cache.


Affected software

Apache Traffic Server
trafficserver (Debian package)

How to mitigate CVE-2020-17509

Install updates from vendor's website.

Apache Traffic Server - addressed in versions 7.1.11, 8.0.8
trafficserver (Debian package) - update to 8.0.2+ds-1+deb10u4

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