CVE-2015-8852
Publication date 25 April 2016
Last updated 25 August 2025
Ubuntu priority
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.
Status
| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
| varnish | ||
| 16.04 LTS xenial |
Not affected
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| 14.04 LTS trusty |
Fixed 3.0.5-2ubuntu0.1
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Severity score breakdown
CVSS version: CVSS v3.0
Base score
7.5 · High
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N