CVE-2015-5740 — HTTP Request Smuggling in GO

CWE-444 — HTTP Request Smuggling8 documents7 sources
Severity
9.8CRITICALNVD
EPSS
4.3%
top 11.15%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
6
Golang GOFedoraproject FedoraRedhat Enterprise Linux Server+3 more
Timeline
PublishedOct 18
Latest updateMay 14

Description

The net/http library in net/http/transfer.go in Go before 1.4.3 does not properly parse HTTP headers, which allows remote attackers to conduct HTTP request smuggling attacks via a request with two Content-length headers.

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 Packages2 packages

▶NVDgolang/go1.4.2

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-8vhq-594p-r648: The net/http library in net/http/transfer↗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-2015-5740: The net/http library in net/http/transfer↗2017-10-18
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CVEList
CVE-2015-5740: The net/http library in net/http/transfer↗2017-10-18
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Red Hat
golang: HTTP request smuggling in net/http library↗2015-07-29
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💬Community

2
HackerOne
Multiple HTTP Smuggling reports↗2019-11-12
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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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CVE-2015-5740 — HTTP Request Smuggling in Golang GO | cvebase