Vulnerability CVE-2024-28869
Published: 2024-04-12   Modified: 2024-04-13

Description:
Traefik is an HTTP reverse proxy and load balancer. In affected versions sending a GET request to any Traefik endpoint with the "Content-length" request header results in an indefinite hang with the default configuration. This vulnerability can be exploited by attackers to induce a denial of service. This vulnerability has been addressed in version 2.11.2 and 3.0.0-rc5. Users are advised to upgrade. For affected versions, this vulnerability can be mitigated by configuring the readTimeout option.

 References:
https://github.com/traefik/traefik/security/advisories/GHSA-4vwx-54mw-vqfw
https://github.com/traefik/traefik/commit/240b83b77351dfd8cadb91c305b84e9d22e0f9c6
https://doc.traefik.io/traefik/routing/entrypoints/#respondingtimeouts
https://github.com/traefik/traefik/releases/tag/v2.11.2
https://github.com/traefik/traefik/releases/tag/v3.0.0-rc5
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