Vulnerability Description
A flaw was found in HAProxy before 2.0.6. In legacy mode, messages featuring a transfer-encoding header missing the "chunked" value were not being correctly rejected. The impact was limited but if combined with the "http-reuse always" setting, it could be used to help construct an HTTP request smuggling attack against a vulnerable component employing a lenient parser that would ignore the content-length header as soon as it saw a transfer-encoding one (even if not entirely valid according to the specification).
CVSS Score
HIGH
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Haproxy | Haproxy | < 2.0.6 |
Related Weaknesses (CWE)
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-12/msg00016.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-12/msg00019.html
- https://git.haproxy.org/?p=haproxy-2.0.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=196a7df44d8129d1adc795
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/05/msg00045.html
- https://nathandavison.com/blog/haproxy-http-request-smugglingExploitThird Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4174-1/
- https://www.mail-archive.com/haproxy%40formilux.org/msg34926.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-12/msg00016.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-12/msg00019.html
- https://git.haproxy.org/?p=haproxy-2.0.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=196a7df44d8129d1adc795
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/05/msg00045.html
- https://nathandavison.com/blog/haproxy-http-request-smugglingExploitThird Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4174-1/
- https://www.mail-archive.com/haproxy%40formilux.org/msg34926.html
FAQ
What is CVE-2019-18277?
CVE-2019-18277 is a vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH). A flaw was found in HAProxy before 2.0.6. In legacy mode, messages featuring a transfer-encoding header missing the "chunked" value were not being correctly rejected. The impact was limited but if com...
How severe is CVE-2019-18277?
CVE-2019-18277 has been rated HIGH with a CVSS base score of 7.5/10. Review the CVSS metrics above for detailed severity breakdown.
Is there a patch for CVE-2019-18277?
Check the references section above for vendor advisories and patch information. Affected products include: Haproxy Haproxy.