SB2015092110 - Inconsistent interpretation of HTTP requests in go (Alpine package)
Published: September 21, 2015
Security Bulletin ID
SB2015092110
Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Inconsistent interpretation of HTTP requests (CVE-ID: CVE-2015-5741)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.
The net/http library in net/http/transfer.go in Go before 1.4.3 does not properly parse HTTP headers, which allows remote attackers to conduct HTTP request smuggling attacks via a request that contains Content-Length and Transfer-Encoding header fields.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.