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 version
Published
2018-08-29T13:00:00.000Z
Last modified
2024-09-16T18:29:48.650Z
01What is this vulnerability?
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.
02Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|
| Apache Software Foundation | Apache Traffic Server | 6.0.0 to 6.2.2, 7.0.0 to 7.1.3 |
03Active exploitation status
Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.
04Recommended remediation
- Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
- Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
- Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.
05Technical details
For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.
06Detection signatures
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07Related CVEs
No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.
08Timeline
- Published: 2018-08-29T13:00:00.000Z
- Last modified: 2024-09-16T18:29:48.650Z
09References
- github.com — https://github.com/apache/trafficserver/pull/3201
- github.com — https://github.com/apache/trafficserver/pull/3251
- github.com — https://github.com/apache/trafficserver/pull/3192
- www.securityfocus.com — http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105192
- www.debian.org — https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4282
- lists.apache.org — https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/7df882eb09029a4460768a61f88a30c9c30c9dc88e9…
- github.com — https://github.com/apache/trafficserver/pull/3231
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