Vulnerability in HTTP\ \
CVE-2022-31081
HTTP::Daemon is a simple http server class written in perl. Versions prior to 6.15 are subject to a vulnerability which could potentially be exploited to gain privileged access to APIs or poison intermediate caches. It is uncertain how large the risks are, most Perl based applications are served on top of Nginx or Apache, not on the `HTTP::Daemon`. This library is commonly used for local development and tests. Users are advised to update to resolve this issue. Users unable to upgrade may add additional request handling logic as a mitigation. After calling `my $rqst = $conn->get_request()` one could inspect the returned `HTTP::Request` object. Querying the 'Content-Length' (`my $cl = $rqst->header('Content-Length')`) will show any abnormalities that should be dealt with by a `400` response. Expected strings of 'Content-Length' SHOULD consist of either a single non-negative integer, or, a comma separated repetition of that number. (that is `42` or `42, 42, 42`). Anything else MUST be rejected.
Vulnerability class: HTTP Request Smuggling
EPSS: 0.021 (80.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.3 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L.
Affected products
- Http\ \ — versions daemon_project
- Libwww-perl Http-daemon — versions < 6.15
- Debian Debian_linux — versions 10.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- security-advisories@github.com (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
- security-advisories@github.com (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- security-advisories@github.com (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- security-advisories@github.com (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- security-advisories@github.com (Third Party Advisory)
- security-advisories@github.com (Third Party Advisory)
- security-advisories@github.com (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
- security-advisories@github.com (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- security-advisories@github.com (vendor-advisory)
- security-advisories@github.com (vendor-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2022-31081?
- CVE-2022-31081 is a high-severity vulnerability in HTTP\ \, classified under Inconsistent Interpretation of HTTP Requests (HTTP Request/Response Smuggling). CVSS score: 7.3/10. Published 2022-06-27.
- How severe is CVE-2022-31081?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.3 out of 10.