High severity · published Feb 8, 2024
CVE-2024-23452
Request smuggling vulnerability in HTTP server in Apache bRPC 0.9.5~1.7.0 on all platforms allows attacker to smuggle request
7.5
CVSS
1.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Request smuggling vulnerability in HTTP server in Apache bRPC 0.9.5~1.7.0 on all platforms allows attacker to smuggle request.
Vulnerability Cause Description:
The http_parser does not comply with the RFC-7230 HTTP 1.1 specification.
Attack scenario:
If a message is received with both a Transfer-Encoding and a Content-Length header field, such a message might indicate an attempt to perform request smuggling or response splitting.
One particular attack scenario is that a bRPC made http server on the backend receiving requests in one persistent connection from frontend server that uses TE to parse request with the logic that 'chunk' is contained in the TE field. in that case an attacker can smuggle a request into the connection to the backend server.
Solution:
You can choose one solution from below:
1. Upgrade bRPC to version 1.8.0, which fixes this issue. Download link: https://github.com/apache/brpc/releases/tag/1.8.0
2. Apply this patch: https://github.com/apache/brpc/pull/2518
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.6% · higher than 76% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
BR
Brpc · Apache
0.9.5 before 1.8.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-23452
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-23452
Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/02/08/1
Patch
https://github.com/apache/brpc/pull/2518
Release Notes
https://github.com/apache/brpc/releases/tag/1.8.0
Issue Tracking
https://lists.apache.org/thread/kkvdpwyr2s2yt9qvvxfdzon012898vxd
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