CVE-2015-5741
highpriority · track · 40EPSS 0.027 · 86 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
The net/http library in net/http/transfer.go in Go before 1.4.3 does not properly parse HTTP headers, which allows remote attackers to conduct HTTP request smuggling attacks via a request that contains Content-Length and Transfer-Encoding header fields.
remediations
Vendor fix, mitigation, or workaround guidance, as published by each source.
A vendor fix is available.
- Fixedgolang-0:1.6.3-1.el7_2.1.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1538 - Fixedgolang-0:1.6.3-1.el7_2.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1538 - Fixedgolang-bin-0:1.6.3-1.el7_2.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1538 - Fixedgolang-docs-0:1.6.3-1.el7_2.1.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1538 - Fixedgolang-misc-0:1.6.3-1.el7_2.1.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1538 - Fixedgolang-src-0:1.6.3-1.el7_2.1.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1538 - Fixedgolang-tests-0:1.6.3-1.el7_2.1.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1538
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–critical · 6.8–9.8
weaknesses
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affected products (13)
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advisories (2)
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- RHSA-2016:1538Red Hat Security Advisory: golang security, bug fix, and enhancement update2016-08-02csaf · redhat_csafUS
An update for golang is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
- GO-2021-0159Request smuggling due to improper header parsing in net/http2022-01-05vendor · osvUS
HTTP headers were not properly parsed, which allows remote attackers to conduct HTTP request smuggling attacks via a request that contains Content-Length and Transfer-Encoding header fields.
also known as (3)
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sources
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references (23)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/167997.htmlcnnvd
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/168029.htmlcnnvd
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2015/q3/237cnnvd
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2015/q3/292cnnvd
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2015/q3/294cnnvd
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1250352cnnvd
- https://github.com/golang/go/commit/300d9a21583e7cf0149a778a0611e76ff7c6680fcnnvd
- https://golang.org/Patchcnnvd
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