http-client up to 1.2.10/1.3.1 Request Header request smuggling

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A vulnerability was found in http-client up to 1.2.10/1.3.1 and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. Such manipulation as part of Request Header leads to request smuggling. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2020-7611. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in http-client up to 1.2.10/1.3.1. It has been rated as very critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code. The manipulation as part of a Request Header leads to a request smuggling vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-444. 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

All versions of io.micronaut:micronaut-http-client before 1.2.11 and all versions from 1.3.0 before 1.3.2 are vulnerable to HTTP Request Header Injection due to not validating request headers passed to the client.

The weakness was published 03/30/2020. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2020-7611 since 01/21/2020. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 03/31/2020).

Upgrading to version 1.2.11 or 1.3.2 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Name

• http-client

Version

• 1.2.0
• 1.2.1
• 1.2.2
• 1.2.3
• 1.2.4
• 1.2.5
• 1.2.6
• 1.2.7
• 1.2.8
• 1.2.9
• 1.2.10
• 1.3.0
• 1.3.1

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• open-source

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