CVE-2015-5741
CRITICAL
9.8
CVSS Score
Published: February 8, 2020 at 06:02 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:29 AM UTC
3 products affected across 2 vendorsEnterprise LinuxOpenStackGo
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Severity
CRITICAL9.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%
Description
The net/http library in net/http/transfer.go in Go before 1.4.3 does not properly parse HTTP headers, which allows remote attackers to conduct HTTP request smuggling attacks via a request that contains Content-Length and Transfer-Encoding header fields.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (7)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_refsource_MISCMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/167997.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_refsource_MISCMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/168029.htmlMailing Listx_refsource_MLISTx_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2015/q3/237Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTx_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2015/q3/292Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTx_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2015/q3/294x_refsource_CONFIRMx_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1250352x_refsource_CONFIRMx_refsource_MISCPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/golang/go/commit/300d9a21583e7cf0149a778a0611e76ff7c6680fCVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-444
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