HTTP Response Splitting Affecting python-devel package, versions <2.7.17-7.32.1
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- published14 Apr 2022
- disclosed24 Jan 2020
Introduced: 24 Jan 2020
CVE-2016-5699 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade SLES:15.1 python-devel to version 2.7.17-7.32.1 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream python-devel package and not the python-devel 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.
References
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5699.html
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/1122729
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/1130840
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/985348
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/985351
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/986630
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1626
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1627
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1628
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1629
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1630
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5699
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1303699
- 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