Inconsistent interpretation of HTTP requests in Apache Traffic Server - CVE-2022-31779

 

Inconsistent interpretation of HTTP requests in Apache Traffic Server - CVE-2022-31779

Published: August 15, 2022


Vulnerability identifier: #VU66509
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-31779
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/2 headers. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP/2 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

Apache Traffic Server
Debian Linux
Fedora
openEuler
trafficserver (Debian package)
trafficserver
trafficserver-debugsource
trafficserver-devel
trafficserver-debuginfo
trafficserver-perl

How to mitigate CVE-2022-31779

Install update from vendor's website.

Apache Traffic Server - addressed in versions 8.1.5, 9.1.3
trafficserver (Debian package) - update to 8.1.5+ds-1~deb11u1
trafficserver - update to 9.1.3-1
trafficserver-debugsource - update to 9.1.3-1
trafficserver-devel - update to 9.1.3-1
trafficserver-debuginfo - update to 9.1.3-1
trafficserver-perl - update to 9.1.3-1
trafficserver - addressed in versions 9.1.3-1.el7, 9.1.3-1.el8, 9.1.3-1.el9, 9.1.3-1.fc35, 9.1.3-1.fc36

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