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HistoryJul 14, 2021 - 12:00 a.m.

CVE-2021-36740

2021-07-1400:00:00
ubuntu.com
ubuntu.com
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varnish cache
http/2
request smuggling
vcl authorization bypass
content-length header
post request
varnish enterprise
varnish cache
security vulnerability

CVSS2

6.4

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

NONE

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

CVSS3

6.5

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

LOW

Integrity Impact

LOW

Availability Impact

NONE

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

EPSS

0.007

Percentile

79.9%

Varnish Cache, with HTTP/2 enabled, allows request smuggling and VCL
authorization bypass via a large Content-Length header for a POST request.
This affects Varnish Enterprise 6.0.x before 6.0.8r3, and Varnish Cache 5.x
and 6.x before 6.5.2, 6.6.x before 6.6.1, and 6.0 LTS before 6.0.8.

Bugs

Notes

Author Note
ebarretto According to Debian: (HTTP/2 support is marked experimental in 5.0 and enabling is not recommended, code is quite different)
OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
ubuntu20.04noarchvarnish< 6.2.1-2ubuntu0.1UNKNOWN
ubuntu21.10noarchvarnish< 6.5.2-1UNKNOWN

CVSS2

6.4

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

NONE

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

CVSS3

6.5

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

LOW

Integrity Impact

LOW

Availability Impact

NONE

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

EPSS

0.007

Percentile

79.9%