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CVE-2022-38150

Status: ModifiedHigh (7.5)—

In Varnish Cache 7.0.0, 7.0.1, 7.0.2, and 7.1.0, it is possible to cause the Varnish Server to assert and automatically restart through forged HTTP/1 backend responses. An attack uses a crafted reason phrase of the backend response status line. This is fixed in 7.0.3 and 7.1.1.

CVSS

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

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Affected technologies (2)

Fedoraproject — FedoraVarnish Cache Project — Varnish Cache

CWEs

References

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