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Medium
CVE-2015-3183
The chunked transfer coding implementation in the Apache HTTP Server...
Vulnerability Description
The chunked transfer coding implementation in the Apache HTTP Server before 2.4.14 does not properly parse chunk headers, which allows remote attackers to conduct HTTP request smuggling attacks via a crafted request, related to mishandling of large chunk-size values and invalid chunk-extension characters in modules/http/http_filters.c.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=144493176821532&w=2
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2056.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-10/msg00011.html
- http://httpd.apache.org/security/vulnerabilities_24.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2016-2881720.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0061.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuoct2015-2367953.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-02
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2016-2367955.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1667.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0062.html
- http://www.apache.org/dist/httpd/CHANGES_2.4
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1666.html
- https://h20564.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c04832246
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032967
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1668.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2661.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2055.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2686-1
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=144493176821532&w=2
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Aug/msg00001.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75963
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3325
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:2659
- https://github.com/apache/httpd/commit/e427c41257957b57036d5a549b260b6185d1dd73
- https://puppet.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-3183
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91787
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:2660
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2054.html
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT205031
- https://h20564.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c04926789
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00004.html
- https://support.apple.com/HT205219
- http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10735
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.html
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/56c2e7cc9deb1c12a843d0dc251ea7fd3e7e80293cde02fcd65286ba%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/84a3714f0878781f6ed84473d1a503d2cc382277e100450209231830%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/8d63cb8e9100f28a99429b4328e4e7cebce861d5772ac9863ba2ae6f%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/f7f95ac1cd9895db2714fa3ebaa0b94d0c6df360f742a40951384a53%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r57608dc51b79102f3952ae06f54d5277b649c86d6533dcd6a7d201f7%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd18c3c43602e66f9cdcf09f1de233804975b9572b0456cc582390b6f%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/re3d27b6250aa8548b8845d314bb8a350b3df326cacbbfdfe4d455234%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rfbaf647d52c1cb843e726a0933f156366a806cead84fbd430951591b%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
- https://github.com/apache/httpd/commit/a6027e56924bb6227c1fdbf6f91e7e2438338be6
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf6449464fd8b7437704c55f88361b66f12d5b5f90bcce66af4be4ba9%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ra7f6aeb28661fbf826969526585f16856abc4615877875f9d3b35ef4%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9ea3538f229874c80a10af473856a81fbf5f694cd7f471cc679ba70b%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc998b18880df98bafaade071346690c2bc1444adaa1a1ea464b93f0a%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r83109088737656fa6307bd99ab40f8ff0269ae58d3f7272d7048494a%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rdca61ae990660bacb682295f2a09d34612b7bb5f457577fe17f4d064%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9f93cf6dde308d42a9c807784e8102600d0397f5f834890708bf6920%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rcc44594d4d6579b90deccd4536b5d31f099ef563df39b094be286b9e%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb14daf9cc4e28d18cdc15d6a6ca74e565672fabf7ad89541071d008b%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r75cbe9ea3e2114e4271bbeca7aff96117b50c1b6eb7c4772b0337c1f%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
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View all reports →Affected Software
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Vulnerable Versions:
2.2.0, 2.4.0
Timeline
Official Publish:
July 20th, 2015
Last Modified:
August 6th, 2024
Added to House:
July 19th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.