CVE-2016-5699
medium
CVSS v3
6.1
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
6.1
Description
CRLF injection vulnerability in the HTTPConnection.putheader function in urllib2 and urllib in CPython (aka Python) before 2.7.10 and 3.x before 3.4.4 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTTP headers via CRLF sequences in a URL.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
71%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| sles | affected | | |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 2.7.10~rc1-1 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| python | python | {"endIncluding":"2.7.9"} | |
| python | python | 3.0 | |
| python | python | 3.0.1 | |
| python | python | 3.1.0 | |
| python | python | 3.1.1 | |
| python | python | 3.1.2 | |
| python | python | 3.1.3 | |
| python | python | 3.1.4 | |
| python | python | 3.1.5 | |
| python | python | 3.2.0 | |
| python | python | 3.2.1 | |
| python | python | 3.2.2 | |
| python | python | 3.2.3 | |
| python | python | 3.2.4 | |
| python | python | 3.2.5 | |
| python | python | 3.2.6 | |
| python | python | 3.3.0 | |
| python | python | 3.3.1 | |
| python | python | 3.3.2 | |
| python | python | 3.3.3 | |
| python | python | 3.3.4 | |
| python | python | 3.3.5 | |
| python | python | 3.3.6 | |
| python | python | 3.4.0 | |
| python | python | 3.4.1 | |
| python | python | 3.4.2 | |
| python | python | 3.4.3 | |
References
- http://blog.blindspotsecurity.com/2016/06/advisory-http-header-injection-in.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00040.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1626.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1627.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1628.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1629.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1630.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/14/7
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/15/12
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/16/2
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91226
- http://www.splunk.com/view/SP-CAAAPSV
- http://www.splunk.com/view/SP-CAAAPUE
- https://docs.python.org/3.4/whatsnew/changelog.html#python-3-4-4
- https://hg.python.org/cpython/raw-file/v2.7.10/Misc/NEWS
- https://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/1c45047c5102
- https://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/bf3e1c9b80e9
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00011.html
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5699.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-5699
CWEs
CWE-113
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