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Debian: CVE-2017-2666: undertow -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2017-2666: undertow -- security update

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N)
Published
07/11/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
12/05/2017
Modified
03/23/2020

Description

It was discovered in Undertow that the code that parsed the HTTP request line permitted invalid characters. This could be exploited, in conjunction with a proxy that also permitted the invalid characters but with a different interpretation, to inject data into the HTTP response. By manipulating the HTTP response the attacker could poison a web-cache, perform an XSS attack, or obtain sensitive information from requests other than their own.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-undertow

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