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PYSEC-2020-197 - Waitress through version 1.3.1 allows request smuggling by sending the Content-Length header twice. Waitress would header fold a double Cont

Severity: info · Published 2020-01-22

Technologies: waitress (PyPI). Vendors: PyPI.

Executive brief

Waitress through version 1.3.1 allows request smuggling by sending the Content-Length header twice. Waitress would header fold a double Content-Length header and due to being unable to cast the now comma separated value to an integer would set the Content-Length to 0 internally. If two Content-Length headers are sent in a single request, Waitress would treat the request as having no body, thereby treating the body of the request as a new request in HTTP pipelining. This issue is fixed in Waitress 1.4.0.

Affected products

  • PyPI waitress

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