CVE-2015-8852

7.5 HIGH
Published: April 25, 2016 Modified: May 06, 2026
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Description

Varnish 3.x before 3.0.7, when used in certain stacked installations, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTTP headers and conduct HTTP response splitting attacks via a header line terminated by a \r (carriage return) character in conjunction with multiple Content-Length headers in an HTTP request.

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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:N/I:H/A:N

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00064.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3553
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/16/1
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/18/7
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://github.com/varnish/Varnish-Cache/commit/29870c8fe95e4e8a672f6f28c5fbe692bea09e9c
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://github.com/varnish/Varnish-Cache/commit/85e8468bec9416bd7e16b0d80cb820ecd2b330c3
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-10
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://www.varnish-cache.org/lists/pipermail/varnish-announce/2015-March/000701.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00064.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3553
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/16/1
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/18/7
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://github.com/varnish/Varnish-Cache/commit/29870c8fe95e4e8a672f6f28c5fbe692bea09e9c
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://github.com/varnish/Varnish-Cache/commit/85e8468bec9416bd7e16b0d80cb820ecd2b330c3
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-10
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://www.varnish-cache.org/lists/pipermail/varnish-announce/2015-March/000701.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory

16 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
7.5 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
1.1%
78th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Affected Vendors

varnish_cache_project debian