DSA-5138-1 waitress -- security update

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-5138-1 waitress -- security update

Date Reported:

17 May 2022

Affected Packages:

waitress

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 1008013.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2022-24761.

More information:

It was discovered that the Waitress WSGI server was susceptible to HTTP request smuggling in some scenarios when used behind a proxy.

For the oldstable distribution (buster), this problem has been fixed in version 1.2.0~b2-2+deb10u1.

For the stable distribution (bullseye), this problem has been fixed in version 1.4.4-1.1+deb11u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your waitress packages.

For the detailed security status of waitress please refer to its security tracker page at: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/waitress