HTTP Request Smuggling Vulnerability in Go's net/http Library

CVE-2015-5739 · HIGH Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

The net/http library in net/textproto/reader.go in Go before 1.4.3 does not properly parse HTTP header keys, which allows remote attackers to conduct HTTP request smuggling attacks via a space instead of a hyphen, as demonstrated by "Content Length" instead of "Content-Length."

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