{"id":"MGASA-2026-0119","summary":"Updated perl-Starman packages fix security vulnerability","details":"Starman versions before 0.4018 for Perl allow HTTP Request Smuggling\nvia Improper Header Precedence.\nStarman incorrectly prioritizes \"Content-Length\" over\n\"Transfer-Encoding: chunked\" when both headers are present in an HTTP\nrequest. Per RFC 7230 3.3.3, Transfer-Encoding must take precedence.\nAn attacker could exploit this to smuggle malicious HTTP requests via a\nfront-end reverse proxy.\n","modified":"2026-05-07T05:15:18.593348Z","published":"2026-05-07T05:06:13Z","upstream":["CVE-2026-40560"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2026-0119.html"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=35448"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/04/29/1"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://metacpan.org/release/MIYAGAWA/Starman-0.4018/changes"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc7230#section-3.3.3"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"perl-Starman","ecosystem":"Mageia:9","purl":"pkg:rpm/mageia/perl-Starman?arch=source&distro=mageia-9"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.401.800-1.mga9"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"section":"core"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2026-0119.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","credits":[{"name":"Mageia","contact":["https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Packages_Security_Team"],"type":"COORDINATOR"}]}