Headline
GHSA-54w6-vxfh-fw7f: Http4s improperly parses User-Agent and Server headers
Impact
The User-Agent and Server header parsers are susceptible to a fatal error on certain inputs. In http4s, modeled headers are lazily parsed, so this only applies to services that explicitly request these typed headers.
v0.21.x
val unsafe: Option[`User-Agent`] = req.headers.get(`User-Agent`)
v0.22.x, v0.23.x, v1.x
val unsafe: Option[`User-Agent`] = req.headers.get[`User-Agent`]
val alsoUnsafe: Option[`Server`] = req.headers.get[Server]
Patches
Fixes are released in 0.21.34, 0.22.15, 0.23.17, and 1.0.0-M38.
Workarounds
Use the weakly typed header interface
v0.21.x
val safe: Option[Header] = req.headers.get("User-Agent".ci)
// but don't do this
val unsafe = header.map(_.parsed)
v0.22.x, v0.23.x, v1.x
val safe: Option[Header] = req.headers.get(ci"User-Agent")
Impact
The User-Agent and Server header parsers are susceptible to a fatal error on certain inputs. In http4s, modeled headers are lazily parsed, so this only applies to services that explicitly request these typed headers.
v0.21.x
val unsafe: Option[`User-Agent`] = req.headers.get(`User-Agent`)
v0.22.x, v0.23.x, v1.x
val unsafe: Option[`User-Agent`] = req.headers.get[`User-Agent`] val alsoUnsafe: Option[`Server`] = req.headers.get[Server]
Patches
Fixes are released in 0.21.34, 0.22.15, 0.23.17, and 1.0.0-M38.
Workarounds****Use the weakly typed header interface****v0.21.x
val safe: Option[Header] = req.headers.get("User-Agent".ci) // but don’t do this val unsafe = header.map(_.parsed)
v0.22.x, v0.23.x, v1.x
val safe: Option[Header] = req.headers.get(ci"User-Agent")
References
- GHSA-54w6-vxfh-fw7f
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-22465
Related news
Http4s is a Scala interface for HTTP services. Starting with version 0.1.0 and prior to versions 0.21.34, 0.22.15, 0.23.17, and 1.0.0-M38, the `User-Agent` and `Server` header parsers are susceptible to a fatal error on certain inputs. In http4s, modeled headers are lazily parsed, so this only applies to services that explicitly request these typed headers. Fixes are released in 0.21.34, 0.22.15, 0.23.17, and 1.0.0-M38. As a workaround, use the weakly typed header interface.