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ubuntu-cve-2021-20220
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2021-02-23 18:15
Modified
2026-05-20 14:53
Summary
Details

A flaw was found in Undertow. A regression in the fix for CVE-2020-10687 was found. HTTP request smuggling related to CVE-2017-2666 is possible against HTTP/1.x and HTTP/2 due to permitting invalid characters in an HTTP request. This flaw allows an attacker to poison a web-cache, perform an XSS attack, or obtain sensitive information from request other than their own. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity.


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  "aliases": [],
  "details": "A flaw was found in Undertow. A regression in the fix for CVE-2020-10687 was found. HTTP request smuggling related to CVE-2017-2666 is possible against HTTP/1.x and HTTP/2 due to permitting invalid characters in an HTTP request. This flaw allows an attacker to poison a web-cache, perform an XSS attack, or obtain sensitive information from request other than their own. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2021-20220",
  "modified": "2026-05-20T14:53:04Z",
  "published": "2021-02-23T18:15:00Z",
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      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-20220"
    },
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      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1923133"
    },
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    }
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      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2021-20220"
  ]
}



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