CVE-2020-15049 Other in n/a

Critical 9.9 Published Updated

Attackers can perform HTTP request smuggling and cache poisoning by manipulating Content-Length headers, affecting Squid proxy users.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2020-15049?

CVE-2020-15049 is a critical vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 30 Jun 2020. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

An issue was discovered in http/ContentLengthInterpreter.cc in Squid before 4.12 and 5.x before 5.0.3. A Request Smuggling and Poisoning attack can succeed against the HTTP cache. The client sends an HTTP request with a Content-Length header containing "+\ "-" or an uncommon shell whitespace character prefix to the length field-value.

Weakness: CWE-444

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-15049?

It affects 2 products.

Linux distribution packages (15)
squid SUSE:Enterprise Storage 5All versions3.5.21-26.29.1
squid SUSE:HPE Helion OpenStack 8All versions3.5.21-26.29.1
squid SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-BCLAll versions3.5.21-26.29.1
squid SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-LTSSAll versions3.5.21-26.29.1
squid SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-BCLAll versions3.5.21-26.29.1
squid SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-LTSSAll versions3.5.21-26.29.1
squid SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-LTSSAll versions3.5.21-26.29.1
squid SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2All versions3.5.21-26.29.1
squid SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3All versions3.5.21-26.29.1
squid SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4All versions3.5.21-26.29.1
squid SUSE:OpenStack Cloud 7All versions3.5.21-26.29.1
squid SUSE:OpenStack Cloud 8All versions3.5.21-26.29.1
squid SUSE:OpenStack Cloud 9All versions3.5.21-26.29.1
squid SUSE:OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8All versions3.5.21-26.29.1
squid SUSE:OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9All versions3.5.21-26.29.1

Products include Fedoraproject Fedora, Squid-Cache Squid.

How do I fix CVE-2020-15049?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2020-15049 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-15049 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Fedoraproject Fedora vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as ALPINE-CVE-2020-15049, DEBIAN-CVE-2020-15049, GHSA-qf3v-rc95-96j5, SUSE-SU-2020:1946-1, UBUNTU-CVE-2020-15049.

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