Bug#885576: undertow: CVE-2017-7559: HTTP Request smuggling vulnerability (incomplete fix of CVE-2017-2666)

[Salvatore Bonaccorso]

Source: undertow
Severity: important
Tags: security

Hi,

the following vulnerability was published for undertow.

There is not much information available if that incomplete fix affects
us as well. Or which this was fixed upstream. I asked for
clarification in [1], but might you contact directly as well upstream
about that?

CVE-2017-7559[0]:
HTTP Request smuggling vulnerability (incomplete fix of CVE-2017-2666)

If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry.

For further information see:

[0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-7559
    https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-7559
[1] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1481665#c7

Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed, since not
yet clear, no affected version added.

Regards,
Salvatore