pysec-2023-120
Vulnerability from pysec
Published
2023-07-20 14:52
Modified
2023-07-24 14:58
Details

Impact

aiohttp v3.8.4 and earlier are bundled with llhttp v6.0.6 which is vulnerable to CVE-2023-30589. The vulnerable code is used by aiohttp for its HTTP request parser when available which is the default case when installing from a wheel.

This vulnerability only affects users of aiohttp as an HTTP server (ie aiohttp.Application), you are not affected by this vulnerability if you are using aiohttp as an HTTP client library (ie aiohttp.ClientSession).

Reproducer

```python from aiohttp import web

async def example(request: web.Request): headers = dict(request.headers) body = await request.content.read() return web.Response(text=f"headers: {headers} body: {body}")

app = web.Application() app.add_routes([web.post('/', example)]) web.run_app(app) ```

Sending a crafted HTTP request will cause the server to misinterpret one of the HTTP header values leading to HTTP request smuggling.

```console $ printf "POST / HTTP/1.1\r\nHost: localhost:8080\r\nX-Abc: \rxTransfer-Encoding: chunked\r\n\r\n1\r\nA\r\n0\r\n\r\n" \ | nc localhost 8080

Expected output: headers: {'Host': 'localhost:8080', 'X-Abc': '\rxTransfer-Encoding: chunked'} body: b''

Actual output (note that 'Transfer-Encoding: chunked' is an HTTP header now and body is treated differently) headers: {'Host': 'localhost:8080', 'X-Abc': '', 'Transfer-Encoding': 'chunked'} body: b'A' ```

Patches

Upgrade to the latest version of aiohttp to resolve this vulnerability. It has been fixed in v3.8.5: pip install aiohttp >= 3.8.5

Workarounds

If you aren't able to upgrade you can reinstall aiohttp using AIOHTTP_NO_EXTENSIONS=1 as an environment variable to disable the llhttp HTTP request parser implementation. The pure Python implementation isn't vulnerable to request smuggling:

console $ python -m pip uninstall --yes aiohttp $ AIOHTTP_NO_EXTENSIONS=1 python -m pip install --no-binary=aiohttp --no-cache aiohttp

References

  • https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-30589
  • https://hackerone.com/reports/2001873
Aliases


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  "details": "### Impact\n\naiohttp v3.8.4 and earlier are [bundled with llhttp v6.0.6](https://github.com/aio-libs/aiohttp/blob/v3.8.4/.gitmodules) which is vulnerable to CVE-2023-30589. The vulnerable code is used by aiohttp for its HTTP request parser when available which is the default case when installing from a wheel.\n\nThis vulnerability only affects users of aiohttp as an HTTP server (ie `aiohttp.Application`), you are not affected by this vulnerability if you are using aiohttp as an HTTP client library (ie `aiohttp.ClientSession`).\n\n### Reproducer\n\n```python\nfrom aiohttp import web\n\nasync def example(request: web.Request):\n    headers = dict(request.headers)\n    body = await request.content.read()\n    return web.Response(text=f\"headers: {headers} body: {body}\")\n\napp = web.Application()\napp.add_routes([web.post(\u0027/\u0027, example)])\nweb.run_app(app)\n```\n\nSending a crafted HTTP request will cause the server to misinterpret one of the HTTP header values leading to HTTP request smuggling.\n\n```console\n$ printf \"POST / HTTP/1.1\\r\\nHost: localhost:8080\\r\\nX-Abc: \\rxTransfer-Encoding: chunked\\r\\n\\r\\n1\\r\\nA\\r\\n0\\r\\n\\r\\n\" \\\n  | nc localhost 8080\n\nExpected output:\n  headers: {\u0027Host\u0027: \u0027localhost:8080\u0027, \u0027X-Abc\u0027: \u0027\\rxTransfer-Encoding: chunked\u0027} body: b\u0027\u0027\n\nActual output (note that \u0027Transfer-Encoding: chunked\u0027 is an HTTP header now and body is treated differently)\n  headers: {\u0027Host\u0027: \u0027localhost:8080\u0027, \u0027X-Abc\u0027: \u0027\u0027, \u0027Transfer-Encoding\u0027: \u0027chunked\u0027} body: b\u0027A\u0027\n```\n\n### Patches\n\nUpgrade to the latest version of aiohttp to resolve this vulnerability. It has been fixed in v3.8.5: [`pip install aiohttp \u003e= 3.8.5`](https://pypi.org/project/aiohttp/3.8.5/)\n\n### Workarounds\n\nIf you aren\u0027t able to upgrade you can reinstall aiohttp using `AIOHTTP_NO_EXTENSIONS=1` as an environment variable to disable the llhttp HTTP request parser implementation. The pure Python implementation isn\u0027t vulnerable to request smuggling:\n\n```console\n$ python -m pip uninstall --yes aiohttp\n$ AIOHTTP_NO_EXTENSIONS=1 python -m pip install --no-binary=aiohttp --no-cache aiohttp\n```\n\n### References\n\n* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-30589\n* https://hackerone.com/reports/2001873\n",
  "id": "PYSEC-2023-120",
  "modified": "2023-07-24T14:58:05.562874+00:00",
  "published": "2023-07-20T14:52:00+00:00",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://github.com/aio-libs/aiohttp/security/advisories/GHSA-45c4-8wx5-qw6w"
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    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-37276"
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    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/aio-libs/aiohttp"
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    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://hackerone.com/reports/2001873"
    }
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  "summary": "aiohttp.web.Application vulnerable to HTTP request smuggling via llhttp HTTP request parser"
}


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