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CVE-2015-5740

Published: 18 October 2017

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.

Notes

AuthorNote
sbeattie
gccgo includes this part of the language library
mdeslaur
Packages built using golang need to be rebuilt once the
vulnerability has been fixed. This CVE entry does not
list packages that need rebuilding outside of the main
repository or the Ubuntu variants with PPA overlays.

Priority

Low

Cvss 3 Severity Score

9.8

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
gcc-5
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful Ignored
(end of life)
bionic Needs triage

cosmic Ignored
(end of life)
disco Does not exist

eoan Does not exist

focal Does not exist

groovy Does not exist

hirsute Does not exist

impish Does not exist

jammy Does not exist

kinetic Does not exist

lunar Does not exist

precise Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream Needs triage

vivid Does not exist

wily Ignored
(end of life)
xenial Needs triage

yakkety Ignored
(end of life)
zesty Ignored
(end of life)
mantic Does not exist

gccgo-4.7
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful Does not exist

bionic Does not exist

cosmic Does not exist

disco Does not exist

eoan Does not exist

focal Does not exist

groovy Does not exist

hirsute Does not exist

impish Does not exist

jammy Does not exist

kinetic Does not exist

lunar Does not exist

precise Ignored
(end of life)
trusty Does not exist

upstream Needs triage

vivid Does not exist

wily Does not exist

xenial Does not exist

yakkety Does not exist

zesty Does not exist

mantic Does not exist

gccgo-4.8
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful Does not exist

bionic Does not exist

cosmic Does not exist

disco Does not exist

eoan Does not exist

focal Does not exist

groovy Does not exist

hirsute Does not exist

impish Does not exist

jammy Does not exist

kinetic Does not exist

lunar Does not exist

precise Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream Needs triage

vivid Does not exist

wily Does not exist

xenial Does not exist

yakkety Does not exist

zesty Does not exist

mantic Does not exist

gccgo-4.9
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful Does not exist

bionic Does not exist

cosmic Does not exist

disco Does not exist

eoan Does not exist

focal Does not exist

groovy Does not exist

hirsute Does not exist

impish Does not exist

jammy Does not exist

kinetic Does not exist

lunar Does not exist

precise Does not exist

trusty Needs triage

upstream Needs triage

vivid Does not exist

wily Does not exist

xenial Does not exist

yakkety Does not exist

zesty Does not exist

mantic Does not exist

gccgo-5
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful Does not exist

bionic Does not exist

cosmic Does not exist

disco Does not exist

eoan Does not exist

focal Does not exist

groovy Does not exist

hirsute Does not exist

impish Does not exist

jammy Does not exist

kinetic Does not exist

lunar Does not exist

precise Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream Needs triage

vivid Ignored
(end of life)
wily Does not exist

xenial Does not exist

yakkety Does not exist

zesty Does not exist

mantic Does not exist

golang
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful Does not exist

bionic Does not exist

cosmic Does not exist

disco Does not exist

eoan Does not exist

focal Does not exist

groovy Does not exist

hirsute Does not exist

impish Does not exist

jammy Does not exist

kinetic Does not exist

lunar Does not exist

precise Ignored
(end of life)
trusty Does not exist
(trusty was needed)
upstream
Released (1.5beta1)
vivid Ignored
(end of life)
wily Not vulnerable
(2:1.5.1-0ubuntu2)
xenial Does not exist

yakkety Does not exist

zesty Does not exist

mantic Does not exist

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

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 9.8
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H