CVE-2015-5739 — HTTP Request Smuggling in GO

CWE-444 — HTTP Request Smuggling8 documents7 sources
Severity
9.8CRITICALNVD
EPSS
11.9%
top 6.24%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
7
Golang GOFedoraproject FedoraRedhat Enterprise Linux Server+4 more
Timeline
PublishedOct 18
Latest updateApr 10

Description

The net/http library in net/textproto/reader.go in Go before 1.4.3 does not properly parse HTTP header keys, which allows remote attackers to conduct HTTP request smuggling attacks via a space instead of a hyphen, as demonstrated by "Content Length" instead of "Content-Length."

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages3 packages

▶NVDgolang/go1.4.2
▶Palo Altopaloalto/pan-os

Also affects: Fedora 21, 22, Enterprise Linux 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.6, 7.5

Patches

Patch: bugzilla.redhat.com ↗Patch: github.com ↗Patch: bugzilla.redhat.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

4
GHSA
GHSA-92gr-8fh9-j8vq: The net/http library in net/textproto/reader↗2022-05-14
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OSV
Request smuggling due to improper header parsing in net/http↗2022-01-05
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OSV
CVE-2015-5739: The net/http library in net/textproto/reader↗2017-10-18
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CVEList
CVE-2015-5739: The net/http library in net/textproto/reader↗2017-10-18
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Palo Alto
PAN-SA-2024-0004 Informational Bulletin: OSS CVEs fixed in PAN-OS↗2024-04-10
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Red Hat
golang: HTTP request smuggling in net/http library↗2015-07-29
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2015-5739 CVE-2015-5740 CVE-2015-5741 golang: HTTP request smuggling in net/http library↗2015-08-05
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