HTTP Response Splitting Affecting python package, versions <2.7.12-r0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
9.89% (96th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALPINE34-PYTHON-468399
  • published22 Sept 2019
  • disclosed22 Sept 2019
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 22 Sep 2019

CVE-2016-5699  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-113  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.4 python to version 2.7.12-r0 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream python package and not the python package as distributed by Alpine. See How to fix? for Alpine:3.4 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.