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DEBIAN-CVE-2019-16785

DEBIAN-CVE-2019-16785 PUBLISHED CVSS 7.5 HIGH

Waitress through version 1.3.1 implemented a "MAY" part of the RFC7230 which states: "Although the line terminator for the start-line and header fields is the sequence CRLF, a recipient MAY recognize a single LF as a line terminator and ignore any preceding CR." Unfortunately if a front-end server does not parse header fields with an LF the same way as it does those with a CRLF it can lead to the front-end and the back-end server parsing the same HTTP message in two different ways. This can lead to a potential for HTTP request smuggling/splitting whereby Waitress may see two requests while the front-end server only sees a single HTTP message. This issue is fixed in Waitress 1.4.0.

Risk Scores

CVSS v3.1
7.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Debian:14waitress0, 0, 0
Debian:13waitress0, 0, 0
Debian:12waitress0, 0, 0
Debian:11waitress0, 0, 0

Timeline

  • Dec 20, 2019 CVE Published
  • Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated
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