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CVE-2022-31779:
Apache Traffic Server vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
Improper Input Validation vulnerability in HTTP/2 header parsing of Apache Traffic Server allows an attacker to smuggle requests. This vulnerability, identified as CVE-2022-31779, affects Apache Traffic Server versions 8.0.0 to 9.1.2. The vulnerability was discovered and disclosed in May 2022 (NVD).
Technical details
The vulnerability stems from improper validation in the HTTP/2 header parsing mechanism of Apache Traffic Server. This security flaw could potentially allow attackers to perform request smuggling attacks. The issue was assigned a CVE identifier on May 27, 2022 (CVE).
Impact
The vulnerability could enable attackers to perform request smuggling attacks, which might lead to cache poisoning or unauthorized access to protected resources (Debian Security).
Mitigation and workarounds
The vulnerability has been fixed in Apache Traffic Server version 9.1.3. Various Linux distributions have released security updates to address this issue, including Fedora 35 and 36 (version 9.1.3-1) and Debian Bullseye (version 8.1.5+ds-1~deb11u1) (Fedora Update, Debian Security).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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