[ANNOUNCE] Apache Traffic Server vulnerability with header variable access in the ESI plugin - CVE-2018-8040

[Bryan Call <bcall () apache org>]

CVE-2018-8040: Apache Traffic Server vulnerability with header variable access in the ESI plugin

Reported By:
Louis Dion-Marcil

Vendor:
The Apache Software Foundation

Version Affected:
ATS 6.0.0 to 6.2.2
ATS 7.0.0 to 7.1.2

Description:
Pages that are rendered using the ESI plugin can have access to the cookie header when the plugin is configure not to 
allow access.

Mitigation:
6.x users should upgrade to 6.2.3 or later versions
7.x users should upgrade to 7.1.3 or later versions

References:
        Downloads:
                https://trafficserver.apache.org/downloads
        Github Pull Request:
                https://github.com/apache/trafficserver/pull/3926
        CVE:
                https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-8040

-Bryan