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.
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Published : 2019-12-20 23:15
Updated : 2022-05-13 01:15
NVD link : CVE-2019-16785
Mitre link : CVE-2019-16785
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Products Affected
agendaless
- waitress
CWE
CWE-444
Inconsistent Interpretation of HTTP Requests ('HTTP Request Smuggling')
