CVE-2023-38522

Name	CVE-2023-38522
Description	Apache Traffic Server accepts characters that are not allowed for HTTP field names and forwards malformed requests to origin servers. This can be utilized for request smuggling and may also lead cache poisoning if the origin servers are vulnerable. This issue affects Apache Traffic Server: from 8.0.0 through 8.1.10, from 9.0.0 through 9.2.4. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 8.1.11 or 9.2.5, which fixes the issue.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
References	DLA-3897-1, DSA-5758-1
Debian Bugs	1077141

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
trafficserver (PTS)	buster (security), buster, buster (lts)	8.1.7-0+deb10u4	vulnerable
	bullseye	8.1.10+ds-1~deb11u1	vulnerable
	bullseye (security)	8.1.11+ds-0+deb11u1	fixed
	bookworm	9.2.4+ds-0+deb12u1	vulnerable
	bookworm (security)	9.2.5+ds-0+deb12u1	fixed
	sid	9.2.5+ds-1	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
trafficserver	source	buster	(unfixed)	end-of-life
trafficserver	source	bullseye	8.1.11+ds-0+deb11u1		DLA-3897-1
trafficserver	source	bookworm	9.2.5+ds-0+deb12u1		DSA-5758-1
trafficserver	source	(unstable)	9.2.5+ds-1			1077141

https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/07/25/1
https://github.com/apache/trafficserver/commit/b104992e2315969688a697cbf7d5007a7dca396f