CVE-2018-8040 · cross-distro fix matrix

CVE-2018-8040: Pages that are rendered using the ESI plugin can have access to the cookie header when the plugin is configured not to allow access. This affects Apache Traffic Server (ATS) versions 6.0.0 to 6.2.2 and 7.0.0 to 7.1.3. To resolve this issue users running 6.x should upgrade to 6.2.3 or later versions

Affects 2 Linux releases across 2 (distro × package) combinations.

Fix per ecosystem

Each block below is a distro release where CVE-2018-8040 has a known fix. Run the listed command on that distro to remediate.

Debian bullseye

Source: Debian Security Tracker

trafficserver→ fixed in7.1.4+ds-1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y trafficserver
```

Debian bookworm

Source: Debian Security Tracker

trafficserver→ fixed in7.1.4+ds-1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y trafficserver
```

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