Sid 1-46495

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Rule Category

SERVER-OTHER -- Snort has detected traffic exploiting vulnerabilities in a server in the network.

Alert Message

SERVER-OTHER HTTP request smuggling attempt

Rule Explanation

This event is generated when an Apache HTTP Smuggling formatted request is detected Impact: Misc Attack Details: Ease of Attack:

What To Look For

Known Usage

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False Positives

No known false positives

Contributors

Cisco Talos Intelligence Group

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For reference, see the MITRE ATT&CK vulnerability types here: https://attack.mitre.org

CVE

CVE-2015-3183

Rule Vulnerability

CVE Additional Information

CVE-2015-3183
The chunked transfer coding implementation in the Apache HTTP Server before 2.4.14 does not properly parse chunk headers, which allows remote attackers to conduct HTTP request smuggling attacks via a crafted request, related to mishandling of large chunk-size values and invalid chunk-extension characters in modules/http/http_filters.c.
Details
SeverityMEDIUM Base Score5.0
Impact Score2.9 Exploit Score10.0
Confidentiality ImpactNONE Integrity ImpactPARTIAL
Availability ImpactNONE Access Vector
AuthenticationNONE Ease of Access

Affected Systems