Critical severity · published Feb 8, 2020
CVE-2015-5741
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…
9.8
CVSS
2.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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 that contains Content-Length and Transfer-Encoding header fields.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.7% · higher than 86% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
EL
Enterprise Linux · Redhat
7.0 · source: NVD
GO
GO · Golang
before 1.4.3 · source: NVD
OP
Openstack · Redhat
7.0; 8 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5741
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-5741
Mailing List
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/167997.html
Mailing List
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/168029.html
Mailing List
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2015/q3/237
Mailing List
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2015/q3/292
Mailing List
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2015/q3/294
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1250352
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