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Bug 808925 (CVE-2021-29991)

Summary: [Tracker] HTTP/3 Header splitting in Mozilla products
Product: Gentoo Security Reporter: John Helmert III <ajak>
Component: VulnerabilitiesAssignee: Gentoo Security <security>
Status: RESOLVED FIXED    
Severity: normal    
Priority: Normal    
Version: unspecified   
Hardware: All   
OS: Linux   
URL: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2021-37/
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Runtime testing required: ---
Bug Depends on: 808927, 808933    
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Description John Helmert III archtester Gentoo Infrastructure gentoo-dev Security 2021-08-18 19:56:21 UTC
"Firefox incorrectly accepted a newline in a HTTP/3 header, interpretting it as two separate headers. This allowed for a header splitting attack against servers using HTTP/3."