HTTP Response Splitting Affecting libpython2_7-1_0 package, versions <2.7.17-7.32.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.47% (76th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES151-LIBPYTHON2710-2727304
  • published14 Apr 2022
  • disclosed24 Jan 2020

Introduced: 24 Jan 2020

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

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.1 libpython2_7-1_0 to version 2.7.17-7.32.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libpython2_7-1_0 package and not the libpython2_7-1_0 package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.1 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.

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