HTTP-request vulnerabilities have been found in the Golang net/http and net/textproto libraries. Request headers with double Content-Length fields do not generate a 400 error (the second field is ignored), and invalid fields are parsed as valid (for example, "Content Length:" with a space in the middle is accepted). A non-authenticated attacker could exploit these flaws to bypass security controls, perform web-cache poisoning, or alter the request/response map (denial of service).
Find out more about CVE-2015-5740 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
| Base Score | 6.8 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| Access Vector | Network |
| Access Complexity | Medium |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | Partial |
| Integrity Impact | Partial |
| Availability Impact | Partial |
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| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (golang) | RHSA-2016:1538 | 2016-08-02 |
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 8.0 Operational Tools for RHEL 7 | golang | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7.0 Operational Tools for RHEL 7 | golang | Will not fix |
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