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Alpine Linux: CVE-2022-45059: HTTP Request/Response Smuggling

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Alpine Linux: CVE-2022-45059: HTTP Request/Response Smuggling

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:N)
Published
11/09/2022
Created
08/23/2024
Added
08/22/2024
Modified
08/23/2024

Description

An issue was discovered in Varnish Cache 7.x before 7.1.2 and 7.2.x before 7.2.1. A request smuggling attack can be performed on Varnish Cache servers by requesting that certain headers are made hop-by-hop, preventing the Varnish Cache servers from forwarding critical headers to the backend.

Solution(s)

  • alpine-linux-upgrade-varnish

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