CVE-2015-8852
mediumpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.035 · 89 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Varnish 3.x before 3.0.7, when used in certain stacked installations, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTTP headers and conduct HTTP response splitting attacks via a header line terminated by a \r (carriage return) character in conjunction with multiple Content-Length headers in an HTTP request.
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–high · 5–7.5
weaknesses
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affected products (9)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
- varnish cache project varnish cache= 3.0.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:varnish_cache_project:varnish_cache:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- varnish cache project varnish cache= 3.0.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:varnish_cache_project:varnish_cache:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- varnish cache project varnish cache= 3.0.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:varnish_cache_project:varnish_cache:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- varnish cache project varnish cache= 3.0.3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:varnish_cache_project:varnish_cache:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- varnish cache project varnish cache= 3.0.4nvdUScpe:2.3:a:varnish_cache_project:varnish_cache:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- varnish cache project varnish cache= 3.0.5nvdUScpe:2.3:a:varnish_cache_project:varnish_cache:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- varnish cache project varnish cache= 3.0.6nvdUScpe:2.3:a:varnish_cache_project:varnish_cache:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
also known as (3)
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sources
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references (24)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00064.htmlcnnvd
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/16/1cnnvd
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/18/7cnnvd
- https://github.com/varnish/Varnish-Cache/commit/29870c8fe95e4e8a672f6f28c5fbe692bea09e9ccnnvd
- https://github.com/varnish/Varnish-Cache/commit/85e8468bec9416bd7e16b0d80cb820ecd2b330c3cnnvd
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-10cnnvd
- https://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3553cnnvd
- https://www.varnish-cache.org/lists/pipermail/varnish-announce/2015-March/000701.htmlcnnvd
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