858692 – <dev-python/cherrypy-18.8.0: Host header leaks dangerous characters under RFC 2047 encoding

Bug 858692 - <dev-python/cherrypy-18.8.0: Host header leaks dangerous characters under RFC 2047 encoding

Summary: <dev-python/cherrypy-18.8.0: Host header leaks dangerous characters under RFC...

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Security
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Vulnerabilities (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	Normal minor
Assignee:	Gentoo Security

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Whiteboard:	B4 [noglsa]
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Depends on:	858695
Blocks:
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Reported:	2022-07-18 06:38 UTC by Michał Górny
Modified:	2022-07-18 16:16 UTC (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Description Michał Górny archtester

2022-07-18 06:38:16 UTC

Original report at:
https://github.com/cherrypy/cherrypy/issues/1974

Reading it, I'm not sure if upstream considers it a real security issue or not.  Nevertheless, 18.8.0 adds some filtering (with "We can expand that list of characters if needed") and I suppose we can stabilize it just in case.

Comment 1 Michał Górny archtester

2022-07-18 13:52:28 UTC

cleanup done.

Comment 2 John Helmert III archtester

2022-07-18 16:16:23 UTC

Thanks, all done!