Inconsistent interpretation of HTTP requests in Puma - CVE-2024-21647

 

Inconsistent interpretation of HTTP requests in Puma - CVE-2024-21647

Published: January 26, 2024


Vulnerability identifier: #VU85835
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-21647
CWE-ID: CWE-444
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Evan Phoenix
Affected software:
Puma

Detailed vulnerability description

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

The vulnerability exists due to improper validation of HTTP requests when parsing chunked transfer encoding bodies. 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.


How to mitigate CVE-2024-21647

Install updates from vendor's website.

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