🛡️ USN-5474-1 — varnish
Description
varnish vulnerabilities
It was dicovered that Varnish Cache did not clear a pointer between the
handling of one client request and the next request within the same connection.
A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive
information. (CVE-2019-20637)
It was discovered that Varnish Cache could have an assertion failure when a
TLS termination proxy uses PROXY version 2. A remote attacker could possibly
use this issue to restart the daemon and cause a performance loss.
(CVE-2020-11653)
It was discovered that Varnish Cache allowed request smuggling and VCL
authorization bypass via a large Content-Length header for a POST
request. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive
information. (CVE-2021-36740)
It was discovered that Varnish Cache allowed request smuggling for HTTP/1
connections. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain
sensitive information. (CVE-2022-23959)
Affected software
USN-5474-1 is recorded against 1 package.
- varnish (fixed in 6.6.1-1ubuntu0.2)
Timeline and source
Published on 8 June 2022 and last revised on 27 April 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.
References
ubuntu.com (Advisory)
ubuntu.com (Report)
ubuntu.com (Report)
ubuntu.com (Report)
ubuntu.com (Report)
Details
Affected Packages
| Software | From version | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| varnish | — | 6.6.1-1ubuntu0.2 |
References
Similar Threats
- Unknown ALPINE-CVE-2025-8671
- Unknown ALSA-2025:8550
- Unknown ALSA-2025:8336
- Unknown ALSA-2025:8337
- Unknown ALPINE-CVE-2025-47905
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