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trafficserver — security advisory

Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: DEBIAN-CVE-2020-17509

ATS negative cache option is vulnerable to a cache poisoning attack. If you have this option enabled, please upgrade or disable this feature. Apache Traffic Server versions 7.0.0 to 7.1.11 and 8.0.0 to 8.1.0 are affected.

Products
trafficserver
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
8.1.1+ds-1
CVEs
CVE-2020-17509
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
1 Nov 2026, 13:28 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

DEBIAN-CVE-2020-17509

core-osv · Original source

Published 11 Jan 2021, 10:15 UTC

ATS negative cache option is vulnerable to a cache poisoning attack. If you have this option enabled, please upgrade or disable this feature. Apache Traffic Server versions 7.0.0 to 7.1.11 and 8.0.0 to 8.1.0 are affected.

osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2020-17509

trafficserver

Fixed versions: 8.1.1+ds-1

Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2020-17509",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
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    "title": "DEBIAN-CVE-2020-17509",
    "summary": "ATS negative cache option is vulnerable to a cache poisoning attack. If you have this option enabled, please upgrade or disable this feature. Apache Traffic Server versions 7.0.0 to 7.1.11 and 8.0.0 to 8.1.0 are affected.",
    "evidence": "osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2020-17509",
    "products": [
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "trafficserver",
          "evidence": "/affected/0/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
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          {
            "value": "8.1.1+ds-1",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/ranges"
          }
        ],
        "affected_versions": []
      }
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    "severity": "high",
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      "id": "DEBIAN-CVE-2020-17509",
      "aliases": [
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      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
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              "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
              "events": [
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                {
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                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "trafficserver",
            "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/trafficserver?arch=source&distro=bookworm",
            "ecosystem": "Debian:12"
          },
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            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2020-17509.json"
          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "urgency": "not yet assigned"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-26T12:02:28.694869783Z",
      "provider": "osv",
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      ],
      "references": [
        "https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-17509"
      ]
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    "security_relevant": true,
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  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 452309,
  "published_at": "2021-01-11T10:15:13.407+00:00"
}