CVE-2023-25950

Description

From CVE.org

HTTP request/response smuggling vulnerability in HAProxy version 2.7.0, and 2.6.1 to 2.6.7 allows a remote attacker to alter a legitimate user's request. As a result, the attacker may obtain sensitive information or cause a denial-of-service (DoS) condition.

Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) Score Details

Info alert:Important note

CVSS scores for open source components depend on vendor-specific factors (e.g. version or build chain). Therefore, Red Hat's score and impact rating can be different from NVD and other vendors. Red Hat remains the authoritative CVE Naming Authority (CNA) source for its products and services (see Red Hat classifications).

The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS v3 Score Breakdown

Red HatNVDcve.org
Base Score7.37.37.3
Attack VectorNetworkNetworkNetwork
Attack ComplexityLowLowLow
Privileges RequiredNoneNoneNone
User InteractionNoneNoneNone
ScopeUnchangedUnchangedUnchanged
ConfidentialityLowLowLow
Integrity ImpactLowLowLow
Availability ImpactLowLowLow

Vector

Red Hat: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

NVD: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

cve.org: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Red Hat CVSS v3 Score Explanation

Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability metrics are Low, because:

  • Successful exploitation may lead to some loss of confidentiality, but it's not under the attacker's control what information will be obtained.
  • Theoretically, an attacker may be able to modify some data but does not have control over the consequences of that modification.
  • An attacker is not able to determine if successful exploitation will affect the availability of the target environment.

Understanding the Weakness (CWE)

Integrity,Non-Repudiation,Access Control

Technical Impact: Unexpected State; Hide Activities; Bypass Protection Mechanism

An attacker could create HTTP messages to exploit a number of weaknesses including 1) the message can trick the web server to associate a URL with another URL's webpage and caching the contents of the webpage (web cache poisoning attack), 2) the message can be structured to bypass the firewall protection mechanisms and gain unauthorized access to a web application, and 3) the message can invoke a script or a page that returns client credentials (similar to a Cross Site Scripting attack).

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