CVE-2016-5331 - Improper Neutralization of CRLF Sequences ('CRLF Injection')

Severity

43%

Complexity

86%

Confidentiality

48%

CRLF injection vulnerability in VMware vCenter Server 6.0 before U2 and ESXi 6.0 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTTP headers and conduct HTTP response splitting attacks via unspecified vectors.

CRLF injection vulnerability in VMware vCenter Server 6.0 before U2 and ESXi 6.0 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTTP headers and conduct HTTP response splitting attacks via unspecified vectors.

CVSS 3.0 Base Score 6.1. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N).

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 4.3. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: medium. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N).

Demo Examples

Improper Neutralization of CRLF Sequences ('CRLF Injection')

CWE-93

If user input data that eventually makes it to a log message isn't checked for CRLF characters, it may be possible for an attacker to forge entries in a log file.


               
logger.info("User's street address: " + request.getParameter("streetAddress"));

Overview

First reported 8 years ago

2016-08-08 01:59:00

Last updated 6 years ago

2018-10-09 20:00:00

Affected Software

VMWare ESXi 6.0

6.0

References

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/138211/VMware-vSphere-Hypervisor-ESXi-HTTP-Response-Injection.html

20160805 [SYSS-2016-063] VMware ESXi 6 - Improper Input Validation (CWE-20)

20160805 [SYSS-2016-063] VMware ESXi 6 - Improper Input Validation (CWE-20)

92324

1036543

1036544

1036545

http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2016-0010.html

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