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Oracle Linux: (CVE-2021-36740) ELSA-2021-2988: varnish:6 security update

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Oracle Linux: (CVE-2021-36740) ELSA-2021-2988: varnish:6 security update

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N)
Published
07/14/2021
Created
08/06/2021
Added
08/04/2021
Modified
11/23/2022

Description

Varnish Cache, with HTTP/2 enabled, allows request smuggling and VCL authorization bypass via a large Content-Length header for a POST request. This affects Varnish Enterprise 6.0.x before 6.0.8r3, and Varnish Cache 5.x and 6.x before 6.5.2, 6.6.x before 6.6.1, and 6.0 LTS before 6.0.8.

Solution(s)

  • oracle-linux-upgrade-varnish
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-varnish-devel
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-varnish-docs
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-varnish-modules

References

  • ELSA-2021-2988
  • CVE-2021-36740
  • USN-5474-1

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