CVE-2022-23959 · cross-distro fix matrix

CVE-2022-23959: In Varnish Cache before 6.6.2 and 7.x before 7.0.2, Varnish Cache 6.0 LTS before 6.0.10, and and Varnish Enterprise (Cache Plus) 4.1.x before 4.1.11r6 and 6.0.x before 6.0.9r4, request smuggling can occur for HTTP/1 connections.

Affects 8 Linux releases across 8 (distro × package) combinations.

Fix per ecosystem

Each block below is a distro release where CVE-2022-23959 has a known fix. Run the listed command on that distro to remediate.

Debian bullseye

Source: Debian Security Tracker

varnish→ fixed in6.5.1-1+deb11u2urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y varnish
```

Debian bookworm

Source: Debian Security Tracker

varnish→ fixed in7.1.0-5urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y varnish
```

Debian trixie

Source: Debian Security Tracker

varnish→ fixed in7.1.0-5urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y varnish
```

Alpine v3.20

Source: Alpine secdb

varnish→ fixed in7.0.2-r0
```
apk update && apk add --upgrade varnish
```

Alpine v3.21

Source: Alpine secdb

varnish→ fixed in7.0.2-r0
```
apk update && apk add --upgrade varnish
```

Alpine edge

Source: Alpine secdb

varnish→ fixed in7.0.2-r0
```
apk update && apk add --upgrade varnish
```

Alpine v3.18

Source: Alpine secdb

varnish→ fixed in7.0.2-r0
```
apk update && apk add --upgrade varnish
```

Alpine v3.19

Source: Alpine secdb

varnish→ fixed in7.0.2-r0
```
apk update && apk add --upgrade varnish
```

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