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CVE-2019-16789: HTTP Request Smuggling in Waitress: Invalid whitespace characters in headers (Follow-up)

January 6, 2020 (updated November 19, 2024)

The patches introduced to fix https://github.com/Pylons/waitress/security/advisories/GHSA-m5ff-3wj3-8ph4 were not complete and still would allow an attacker to smuggle requests/split a HTTP request with invalid data.

This updates the existing CVE with ID: CVE-2019-16789

References

  • access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0720
  • docs.pylonsproject.org/projects/waitress/en/latest/
  • github.com/Pylons/waitress
  • github.com/Pylons/waitress/commit/11d9e138125ad46e951027184b13242a3c1de017
  • github.com/Pylons/waitress/commit/ddb65b489d01d696afa1695b75fdd5df3e4ffdf8
  • github.com/Pylons/waitress/security/advisories/GHSA-968f-66r5-5v74
  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-968f-66r5-5v74
  • github.com/github/advisory-review/pull/14604
  • github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/waitress/PYSEC-2019-138.yaml
  • lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/05/msg00011.html
  • lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GVDHR2DNKCNQ7YQXISJ45NT4IQDX3LJ7
  • lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LYEOTGWJZVKPRXX2HBNVIYWCX73QYPM5
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-16789
  • www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html

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Affected versions

All versions before 1.4.2

Fixed versions

  • 1.4.2

Solution

Upgrade to version 1.4.2 or above.

Impact 8.2 HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N

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Weakness

  • CWE-444: Inconsistent Interpretation of HTTP Requests ('HTTP Request/Response Smuggling')

Source file

pypi/waitress/CVE-2019-16789.yml

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