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Inconsistent Interpretation of HTTP Requests in twisted.web

Description

The Twisted Web HTTP 1.1 server, located in the `twisted.web.http` module, parsed several HTTP request constructs more leniently than permitted by RFC 7230: 1. The Content-Length header value could have a `+` or `-` prefix. 2. Illegal characters were permitted in chunked extensions, such as the LF (`\n`) character. 3. Chunk lengths, which are expressed in hexadecimal format, could have a prefix of `0x`. 4. HTTP headers were stripped of all leading and trailing ASCII whitespace, rather than only space and HTAB (`\t`). This non-conformant parsing can lead to desync if requests pass through multiple HTTP parsers, potentially resulting in HTTP request smuggling. ### Impact You may be affected if: 1. You use Twisted Web's HTTP 1.1 server and/or proxy 2. You also pass requests through a different HTTP server and/or proxy The specifics of the other HTTP parser matter. The original report notes that some versions of Apache Traffic Server and HAProxy have been vulnerable in the past. HTTP request smuggling may be a serious concern if you use a proxy to perform request validation or access control. The Twisted Web client is not affected. The HTTP 2.0 server uses a different parser, so it is not affected. ### Patches The issue has been addressed in Twisted 22.4.0rc1 and later. ### Workarounds Other than upgrading Twisted, you could: * Ensure any vulnerabilities in upstream proxies have been addressed, such as by upgrading them * Filter malformed requests by other means, such as configuration of an upstream proxy ### Credits This issue was initially reported by [Zhang Zeyu](https://github.com/zeyu2001).


Affected Software


CPE Name Name Version
twisted 1.0.1
twisted 1.0.3
twisted 1.0.4
twisted 1.0.5
twisted 1.0.6
twisted 1.0.7
twisted 1.1.0
twisted 1.1.1
twisted 1.2.0
twisted 10.0.0
twisted 10.1.0
twisted 10.2.0
twisted 11.0.0
twisted 11.1.0
twisted 12.0.0
twisted 12.1.0
twisted 12.2.0
twisted 12.3.0
twisted 13.0.0
twisted 13.1.0
twisted 13.2.0
twisted 14.0.0
twisted 14.0.1
twisted 14.0.2
twisted 15.0.0
twisted 15.1.0
twisted 15.2.0
twisted 15.2.1
twisted 15.3.0
twisted 15.4.0
twisted 15.5.0
twisted 16.0.0
twisted 16.1.0
twisted 16.1.1
twisted 16.2.0
twisted 16.3.0
twisted 16.3.1
twisted 16.3.2
twisted 16.4.0
twisted 16.4.1
twisted 16.5.0
twisted 16.5.0rc1
twisted 16.5.0rc2
twisted 16.6.0
twisted 16.6.0rc1
twisted 16.7.0rc1
twisted 16.7.0rc2
twisted 17.1.0
twisted 17.1.0rc1
twisted 17.5.0
twisted 17.9.0
twisted 17.9.0rc1
twisted 18.4.0
twisted 18.4.0rc1
twisted 18.7.0
twisted 18.7.0rc1
twisted 18.7.0rc2
twisted 18.9.0
twisted 18.9.0rc1
twisted 19.10.0
twisted 19.10.0rc1
twisted 19.2.0
twisted 19.2.0rc1
twisted 19.2.0rc2
twisted 19.2.1
twisted 19.7.0
twisted 19.7.0rc1
twisted 2.1.0
twisted 2.4.0
twisted 2.5.0
twisted 20.3.0
twisted 20.3.0rc1
twisted 21.2.0
twisted 21.2.0rc1
twisted 21.7.0
twisted 21.7.0rc1
twisted 21.7.0rc2
twisted 21.7.0rc3
twisted 22.1.0
twisted 22.1.0rc1
twisted 22.2.0
twisted 22.2.0rc1
twisted 22.4.0rc1
twisted 8.0.0
twisted 8.0.1
twisted 8.1.0
twisted 8.2.0
twisted 9.0.0

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