CRLF Injection Affecting apache/httpd package, versions [,2.2.32)[2.4.0, 2.4.25)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Proof of concept
EPSS
1.05% (85th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-APACHEHTTPD-3007438
  • published12 Jan 2022
  • disclosed14 Aug 2018
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 14 Aug 2018

CVE-2016-4975  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-93  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade apache/httpd to version 2.2.32, 2.4.25 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to CRLF Injection. Possible CRLF injection allowing HTTP response splitting attacks for sites which use mod_userdir. This issue was mitigated by changes made in 2.4.25 and 2.2.32 which prohibit CR or LF injection into the "Location" or other outbound header key or value. Fixed in Apache HTTP Server 2.4.25 (Affected 2.4.1-2.4.23). Fixed in Apache HTTP Server 2.2.32 (Affected 2.2.0-2.2.31).

CVSS Scores

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