HTTP Request Smuggling Vulnerability in GNOME libsoup
CVE-2024-52530

Currently unrated

Key Information:

Vendor
GNOME
Status
libsoup
Vendor
CVE Published:
11 November 2024

Summary

The GNOME libsoup library, prior to version 3.6.0, is susceptible to HTTP request smuggling due to improper handling of null (\0) characters at the end of header names. This vulnerability allows attackers to exploit certain configurations where headers such as 'Transfer-Encoding\0: chunked' are interpreted in a manner indistinguishable from 'Transfer-Encoding: chunked'. This flaw could potentially lead to unintended behavior in web traffic and request processing.

References

https://gitlab.gnome.org/Teams/Releng/security/-/wikis/home
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libsoup/-/issues/377
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libsoup/-/merge_requests/402

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

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