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CVE-2015-3183 Detail

Description

The chunked transfer coding implementation in the Apache HTTP Server before 2.4.14 does not properly parse chunk headers, which allows remote attackers to conduct HTTP request smuggling attacks via a crafted request, related to mishandling of large chunk-size values and invalid chunk-extension characters in modules/http/http_filters.c.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://httpd.apache.org/security/vulnerabilities_24.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10735 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Aug/msg00001.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List 
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00004.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-10/msg00011.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=144493176821532&w=2 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1666.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1667.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1668.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2661.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0061.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0062.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2054.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2055.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2056.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.apache.org/dist/httpd/CHANGES_2.4 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3325 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2016-2881720.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Patch 
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2016-2367955.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Patch  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuoct2015-2367953.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75963 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91787 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032967 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2686-1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:2659 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:2660 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://github.com/apache/httpd/commit/a6027e56924bb6227c1fdbf6f91e7e2438338be6 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://github.com/apache/httpd/commit/e427c41257957b57036d5a549b260b6185d1dd73 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://h20564.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c04832246 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://h20564.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c04926789 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/56c2e7cc9deb1c12a843d0dc251ea7fd3e7e80293cde02fcd65286ba%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/84a3714f0878781f6ed84473d1a503d2cc382277e100450209231830%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/8d63cb8e9100f28a99429b4328e4e7cebce861d5772ac9863ba2ae6f%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/f7f95ac1cd9895db2714fa3ebaa0b94d0c6df360f742a40951384a53%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r57608dc51b79102f3952ae06f54d5277b649c86d6533dcd6a7d201f7%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r75cbe9ea3e2114e4271bbeca7aff96117b50c1b6eb7c4772b0337c1f%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r83109088737656fa6307bd99ab40f8ff0269ae58d3f7272d7048494a%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9ea3538f229874c80a10af473856a81fbf5f694cd7f471cc679ba70b%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9f93cf6dde308d42a9c807784e8102600d0397f5f834890708bf6920%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ra7f6aeb28661fbf826969526585f16856abc4615877875f9d3b35ef4%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb14daf9cc4e28d18cdc15d6a6ca74e565672fabf7ad89541071d008b%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc998b18880df98bafaade071346690c2bc1444adaa1a1ea464b93f0a%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rcc44594d4d6579b90deccd4536b5d31f099ef563df39b094be286b9e%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd18c3c43602e66f9cdcf09f1de233804975b9572b0456cc582390b6f%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rdca61ae990660bacb682295f2a09d34612b7bb5f457577fe17f4d064%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/re3d27b6250aa8548b8845d314bb8a350b3df326cacbbfdfe4d455234%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf6449464fd8b7437704c55f88361b66f12d5b5f90bcce66af4be4ba9%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rfbaf647d52c1cb843e726a0933f156366a806cead84fbd430951591b%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://puppet.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-3183 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-02 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://support.apple.com/HT205219 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT205031 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-20 Improper Input Validation cwe source acceptance level NIST  
CWE-17 DEPRECATED: Code cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2015-3183
NVD Published Date:
07/20/2015
NVD Last Modified:
04/12/2025
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.