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CVE-2020-11724

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Description

An issue was discovered in OpenResty before 1.15.8.4. ngx_http_lua_subrequest.c allows HTTP request smuggling, as demonstrated by the ngx.location.capture API.

References

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https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4750

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210129-0002/

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/07/msg00014.html

https://github.com/openresty/openresty/blob/4e8b4c395f842a078e429c80dd063b2323999957/patches/ngx_http_lua-0.10.15-fix_location_capture_content_length_chunked.patch

https://github.com/openresty/lua-nginx-module/commit/9ab38e8ee35fc08a57636b1b6190dca70b0076fa

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2020-04-12

Updated: 2024-11-21

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00953

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