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CVE-2024-38311 (GCVE-0-2024-38311)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-03-06 11:34 – Updated: 2025-03-06 15:35
VLAI
Title
Apache Traffic Server: Request smuggling via pipelining after a chunked message body
Summary
Improper Input Validation vulnerability in Apache Traffic Server. This issue affects Apache Traffic Server: from 8.0.0 through 8.1.11, from 9.0.0 through 9.2.8, from 10.0.0 through 10.0.3. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 9.2.9 or 10.0.4, which fixes the issue.
Severity
6.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-03-06 15:35 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-20 - Improper Input Validation
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Apache Software Foundation Apache Traffic Server Affected: 8.0.0 , ≤ 8.1.11 (semver)
Affected: 9.0.0 , ≤ 9.2.8 (semver)
Affected: 10.0.0 , ≤ 10.0.3 (semver)
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Credits
Ben Kallus
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