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.
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00012.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00017.html
https://github.com/squid-cache/squid/security/advisories/GHSA-qf3v-rc95-96j5
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00005.html
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210312-0001/
Source: MITRE
Published: 2020-06-30
Updated: 2021-03-12
Type: CWE-444
Base Score: 6.5
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
Impact Score: 6.4
Exploitability Score: 8
Severity: MEDIUM
Base Score: 8.8
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Impact Score: 5.9
Exploitability Score: 2.8
Severity: HIGH