CVE-2021-41136CWE-444

Inconsistent Interpretation of HTTP Requests ('HTTP Request Smuggling') in puma

Low · published October 12, 2021

CVSS v3.1
3.7
EPSS
1%
Percentile
68.0
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Puma is a HTTP 1.1 server for Ruby/Rack applications. Prior to versions 5.5.1 and 4.3.9, using `puma` with a proxy which forwards HTTP header values which contain the LF character could allow HTTP request smugggling. A client could smuggle a request through a proxy, causing the proxy to send a response back to another unknown client. The only proxy which has this behavior, as far as the Puma team is aware of, is Apache Traffic Server. If the proxy uses persistent connections and the client adds another request in via HTTP pipelining, the proxy may mistake it as the first request's body. Puma, however, would see it as two requests, and when processing the second request, send back a response that the proxy does not expect. If the proxy has reused the persistent connection to Puma to send another request for a different client, the second response from the first client will be sent to the second client. This vulnerability was patched in Puma 5.5.1 and 4.3.9. As a workaround, do not use Apache Traffic Server with `puma`.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
3.7 · LOW
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.01203 · 68.0th percentile
Weakness
CWE-444 · Inconsistent Interpretation of HTTP Requests ('HTTP Request/Response Smuggling')
Published
2021-10-12T15:30Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 12 OCT 15:30Z
    Inconsistent Interpretation of HTTP Requests ('HTTP Request Smuggling') in puma
    cvelistv5