vulnerability
Alpine Linux: CVE-2021-23336: HTTP Request/Response Smuggling
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P) | Feb 15, 2021 | Aug 22, 2024 | Mar 25, 2026 |
Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P)
Published
Feb 15, 2021
Added
Aug 22, 2024
Modified
Mar 25, 2026
Description
The package python/cpython from 0 and before 3.6.13, from 3.7.0 and before 3.7.10, from 3.8.0 and before 3.8.8, from 3.9.0 and before 3.9.2 are vulnerable to Web Cache Poisoning via urllib.parse.parse_qsl and urllib.parse.parse_qs by using a vector called parameter cloaking. When the attacker can separate query parameters using a semicolon (;), they can cause a difference in the interpretation of the request between the proxy (running with default configuration) and the server. This can result in malicious requests being cached as completely safe ones, as the proxy would usually not see the semicolon as a separator, and therefore would not include it in a cache key of an unkeyed parameter.
Solutions
alpine-linux-upgrade-python3alpine-linux-upgrade-py3-django
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