HTTP response splitting in Cpp-httplib - CVE-2023-26130

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HTTP response splitting in Cpp-httplib - CVE-2023-26130

Published: August 21, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU79777
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-2023-26130
CWE-ID: CWE-113
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform HTTP splitting attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to software does not correclty process CRLF character sequences passed via the Content-Type HTTP header in Patch, Post, Put and Delete requests. A remote attacker can send specially crafted request containing CRLF sequence and make the application to send a split HTTP response.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker perform cache poisoning attack.


Affected software

Cpp-httplib
Fedora
openEuler
cpp-httplib
et

How to mitigate CVE-2023-26130

Install updates from vendor's website.

Cpp-httplib - update to 0.12.4
cpp-httplib - update to 0.12.4-1
cpp-httplib - addressed in versions 0.12.5-1.fc38, 0.12.5-2.el9
et - addressed in versions 6.2.1-15.fc38, 6.2.1-15.fc39, 6.2.1-15.fc40, 6.2.8-1.el9, 6.2.8-1.fc38, 6.2.8-1.fc39, 6.2.8-1.fc40, 6.2.8-2.el8

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