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CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Remote unauthenticated header parsing (AV:N/PR:N/UI:N), but crafted-input and memory conditions justify AC:H; proxy compromise reaches backends so S:C, with memory corruption yielding I:H/A:H and limited C:L.
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CVSS VectorVendor: apache
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
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Apache Traffic Server can write out of bounds or overflow integers while parsing MIME and HTTP headers.
This issue affects Apache Traffic Server: from 8.0.0 through 8.1.9, from 9.0.0 through 9.2.14, from 10.0.0 through 10.1.3.
Users are recommended to upgrade to version 9.2.15 or 10.1.4, which fix the issue.
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AnalysisAI
Out-of-bounds write and integer overflow in Apache Traffic Server's MIME and HTTP header parsing lets remote attackers corrupt memory by sending crafted headers to the proxy. It affects the 8.x, 9.x (through 9.2.14) and 10.x (through 10.1.3) branches, carries a high CVSS of 8.9 with a scope-change flag, and can lead to high integrity and availability impact. …
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| Exploitation | Exploitation requires sending crafted MIME/HTTP headers to a reachable Apache Traffic Server instance running an affected version (8.0.0-8.1.9, 9.0.0-9.2.14, or 10.0.0-10.1.3); no authentication or user interaction is needed (PR:N/UI:N), so any party able to route requests through the proxy - or an origin whose responses ATS parses - can reach the vulnerable header-parsing path. … Additional conditions and limiting factors are described in the full assessment. |
| Risk Assessment | The CVSS vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:H describes a network-reachable, unauthenticated bug (PR:N/UI:N) with high attack complexity (AC:H), consistent with needing precisely crafted headers and favorable heap/integer conditions to reliably trigger the overflow rather than a trivial one-shot. … Full risk analysis with EPSS, KEV, and SSVC signal comparison available after sign-in. |
| Exploit Scenario | A remote attacker sends a specially crafted HTTP request with malformed or boundary-value MIME/header fields to an ATS instance (or, in reverse-proxy mode, induces a crafted origin response through it), triggering the integer overflow and out-of-bounds write during header parsing. Given AC:H, the attacker likely iterates over header sizes and values to reliably corrupt memory, most plausibly crashing the proxy (denial of service) or corrupting request state. … |
| Remediation | Vendor-released patch: upgrade to Apache Traffic Server 9.2.15 (for the 9.x line) or 10.1.4 (for the 10.x line) as published in the Apache advisory at https://lists.apache.org/thread/5prl9glcm9g2swnq9hqxvnokylm1gr6d. … Detailed patch versions, workarounds, and compensating controls in full report. |
Recommended ActionAI
Within 24 hours, identify all Apache Traffic Server instances in production environments and document their version numbers against the affected ranges (8.x, 9.x through 9.2.14, 10.x through 10.1.3). …
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