vulnerability

Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2020-8287): http-parser vulnerability

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N)
Published
Jan 6, 2021
Added
Aug 11, 2022
Modified
Apr 16, 2026

Description

Node.js versions before 10.23.1, 12.20.1, 14.15.4, 15.5.1 allow two copies of a header field in an HTTP request (for example, two Transfer-Encoding header fields). In this case, Node.js identifies the first header field and ignores the second. This can lead to HTTP Request Smuggling.

Solutions

ubuntu-pro-upgrade-nodejsubuntu-pro-upgrade-nodejs-devubuntu-pro-upgrade-nodejs-legacyubuntu-upgrade-libhttp-parser2-7-1ubuntu-upgrade-libnode-devubuntu-upgrade-libnode64ubuntu-upgrade-nodejs
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