CVE-2017-18587 - Improper Neutralization of CRLF Sequences ('CRLF Injection')

Severity

50%

Complexity

99%

Confidentiality

48%

An issue was discovered in the hyper crate before 0.9.18 for Rust. It mishandles newlines in headers.

An issue was discovered in the hyper crate before 0.9.18 for Rust. It mishandles newlines in headers.

CVSS 3.0 Base Score 5.3. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N).

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 5. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/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 5 years ago

2019-08-26 13:15:00

Last updated 5 years ago

2019-09-03 15:02:00

Affected Software

Hyper

References

https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2017-0002.html

Third Party Advisory

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