CVE-2018-21245 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Pound before 2.8 allows HTTP request smuggling, a related issue to CVE-2016-10711.

Published: 2020-06-15

Score: 9.1 Critical

EPSS: 1.1% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:apsis:pound:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2018-13761	Pound before 2.8 allows HTTP request smuggling, a related issue to CVE-2016-10711.
Ubuntu USN	USN-4702-1	Pound vulnerabilities

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01127.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://admin.hostpoint.ch/pipermail/pound_apsis.ch/2018-May/000054.html
https://bugs.gentoo.org/714084

History

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Subscriptions

Apsis Pound

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2020-06-15T16:50:38.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T12:26:39.586Z

Reserved: 2020-06-15T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2018-21245

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-06-15T17:15:09.560

Modified: 2026-06-17T01:54:27.650

Link: CVE-2018-21245

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

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

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