CVE-2021-36740
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2021-07-14 16:07
Modified
2024-08-04 01:01
Severity ?
Summary
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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttps://docs.varnish-software.com/security/VSV00007/Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/varnishcache/varnish-cache/commit/82b0a629f60136e76112c6f2c6372cce77b683bePatch, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/varnishcache/varnish-cache/commit/9be22198e258d0e7a5c41f4291792214a29405cfPatch, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/THV2DQA2GS65HUCKK4KSD2XLN3AAQ2V5/
cve@mitre.orghttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZHBNLDEOTGYRIEQZBWV7F6VPYS4O2AAK/
cve@mitre.orghttps://varnish-cache.org/security/VSV00007.htmlMitigation, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5088Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://docs.varnish-software.com/security/VSV00007/Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/varnishcache/varnish-cache/commit/82b0a629f60136e76112c6f2c6372cce77b683bePatch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/varnishcache/varnish-cache/commit/9be22198e258d0e7a5c41f4291792214a29405cfPatch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/THV2DQA2GS65HUCKK4KSD2XLN3AAQ2V5/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZHBNLDEOTGYRIEQZBWV7F6VPYS4O2AAK/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://varnish-cache.org/security/VSV00007.htmlMitigation, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5088Third Party Advisory
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