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Debian: CVE-2020-28473: python-bottle -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2020-28473: python-bottle -- security update

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N)
Published
01/18/2021
Created
01/26/2021
Added
01/27/2021
Modified
02/01/2021

Description

The package bottle from 0 and before 0.12.19 are vulnerable to Web Cache Poisoning 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.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-python-bottle

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