USN-5563-1 (UBUNTU-CVE-2020-8287)

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2022-08-10 16:32 – Updated: 2026-04-27 14:11 – Source website
VLAI
Summary
http-parser vulnerability
Details

It was discovered that http-parser incorrectly handled certain requests. An attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass security controls or gain unauthorized access to sensitive data.

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  "details": "It was discovered that http-parser incorrectly handled certain requests.\nAn attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass security controls or\ngain unauthorized access to sensitive data.\n",
  "id": "USN-5563-1",
  "modified": "2026-04-27T14:11:28Z",
  "published": "2022-08-10T16:32:52Z",
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