CVE-2020-15049

squid: Request smuggling and poisoning attack against the HTTP cache

Published Jun 30, 2020 CVSS 3.1 · 9.9 Critical EPSS 5.3% KEV · Not listed
Description
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.

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-2394-1 squid3 security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2020-7177 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4551-1 Squid vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4895-1 Squid vulnerabilities
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 4, 2024, 1:08 PM
Reserved
Jun 25, 2020, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Jun 30, 2020, 6:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 2:55 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Jun 26, 2020, 12:00 AM