CVE-2015-5740

9.8 CRITICAL

Published: October 18, 2017 Modified: May 13, 2026

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 with two Content-length headers.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0

Vector String

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

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/167997.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/168029.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1538.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2015/q3/237

Source: cve@mitre.org

Mailing List Third Party Advisory

http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2015/q3/292

Source: cve@mitre.org

Mailing List Third Party Advisory

http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2015/q3/294

Source: cve@mitre.org

Mailing List Third Party Advisory

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1250352

Source: cve@mitre.org

Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory

https://github.com/golang/go/commit/300d9a21583e7cf0149a778a0611e76ff7c6680f

Source: cve@mitre.org

Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/167997.html