CVE-2005-3751 Other in n/a

Medium 4.3 Published 22 Nov 2005 Updated 7 Aug 2024

Remote attackers can poison caches, bypass firewalls, and conduct XSS attacks via HTTP request smuggling in Pound reverse proxy.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Not needed
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: Available

What is CVE-2005-3751?

CVE-2005-3751 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 22 Nov 2005. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

HTTP request smuggling vulnerability in Pound before 1.9.4 allows remote attackers to poison web caches, bypass web application firewall protection, and conduct XSS attacks via an HTTP request with conflicting Content-length and Transfer-encoding headers.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-3751?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Apsis Pound.

How do I fix CVE-2005-3751?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2005-3751 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-3751 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2005-3751, GHSA-5349-pqgh-vm4f.