Inconsistent interpretation of HTTP requests in Undertow - CVE-2020-10687

 

Inconsistent interpretation of HTTP requests in Undertow - CVE-2020-10687

Published: March 17, 2021


Vulnerability identifier: #VU51516
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-2020-10687
CWE-ID: CWE-444
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to preform HTTP request smuggling attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to improper validation of HTTP requests when processing HTTP/1.x and HTTP/2 requests. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request to the server and smuggle arbitrary HTTP headers.

Successful exploitation of vulnerability may allow an attacker to poison HTTP cache and perform phishing attacks.


Affected software

Undertow
JBoss Enterprise Application Platform
Red Hat Single Sign-On

How to mitigate CVE-2020-10687

Install updates from vendor's website.

Undertow - update to 2.2.0
JBoss Enterprise Application Platform - update to 7.3.6
Red Hat Single Sign-On - update to 7.4.6

External References

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