CVE-2018-8004 : There are multiple HTTP smuggling and cache poisoning issues when clients making

There are multiple HTTP smuggling and cache poisoning issues when clients making malicious requests interact with Apache Traffic Server (ATS). This affects versions 6.0.0 to 6.2.2 and 7.0.0 to 7.1.3. To resolve this issue users running 6.x should upgrade to 6.2.3 or later versions and 7.x users should upgrade to 7.1.4 or later versions.

Published 2018-08-29 13:29:02

Updated 2018-11-08 14:13:25

Source Apache Software Foundation

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Products affected by CVE-2018-8004

Debian » Debian Linux » Version: 9.0
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Matching versions
Apache » Traffic Server
Versions from including (>=) 7.0.0 and up to, including, (<=) 7.1.3
cpe:2.3:a:apache:traffic_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Matching versions
Apache » Traffic Server
Versions from including (>=) 6.0.0 and up to, including, (<=) 6.2.2
cpe:2.3:a:apache:traffic_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Matching versions

Threat overview for CVE-2018-8004

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Top open port discovered on systems with this issue 80

IPs affected by CVE-2018-8004 393

Threat actors abusing to this issue? Yes

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2018-8004

EPSS FAQ

0.97%

Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History

~ 83 %

Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

CVSS scores for CVE-2018-8004

Base Score	Base Severity	CVSS Vector	Exploitability Score	Impact Score	Score Source
4.0	MEDIUM	AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N	8.0	2.9	NIST
Access Vector: Network Access Complexity: Low Authentication: Single Confidentiality Impact: None Integrity Impact: Partial Availability Impact: None
6.5	MEDIUM	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N	2.8	3.6	NIST
Attack Vector: Network Attack Complexity: Low Privileges Required: Low User Interaction: None Scope: Unchanged Confidentiality: None Integrity: High Availability: None

CWE ids for CVE-2018-8004

CWE-444 Inconsistent Interpretation of HTTP Requests ('HTTP Request/Response Smuggling')

The product acts as an intermediary HTTP agent (such as a proxy or firewall) in the data flow between two entities such as a client and server, but it does not interpret malformed HTTP requests or responses in ways that are consistent with how the messages will be processed by those entities that are at the ultimate destination.

Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

References for CVE-2018-8004

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105192

Apache Traffic Server CVE-2018-8004 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
Third Party Advisory;VDB Entry
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4282

Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4282-1 trafficserver
Third Party Advisory

CVEs referencing this url
https://github.com/apache/trafficserver/pull/3231

Validate Content-Length headers for incoming requests by bryancall · Pull Request #3231 · apache/trafficserver · GitHub
Patch;Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/apache/trafficserver/pull/3201

Close the connection when returning a 400 error response by bryancall · Pull Request #3201 · apache/trafficserver · GitHub
Patch;Third Party Advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/7df882eb09029a4460768a61f88a30c9c30c9dc88e9bcc6e19ba24d5@%3Cusers.trafficserver.apache.org%3E

Pony Mail!
Mailing List;Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/apache/trafficserver/pull/3192

Return 400 if there is whitespace after the field name and before the colon by bryancall · Pull Request #3192 · apache/trafficserver · GitHub
Patch;Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/apache/trafficserver/pull/3251

Drain the request body if there is a cache hit by bryancall · Pull Request #3251 · apache/trafficserver · GitHub
Patch;Third Party Advisory