CVE-2017-7528 - Improper Neutralization of CRLF Sequences ('CRLF Injection')

Severity

32%

Complexity

65%

Confidentiality

48%

Ansible Tower as shipped with Red Hat CloudForms Management Engine 5 is vulnerable to CRLF Injection. It was found that X-Forwarded-For header allows internal servers to deploy other systems (using callback).

Ansible Tower as shipped with Red Hat CloudForms Management Engine 5 is vulnerable to CRLF Injection. It was found that X-Forwarded-For header allows internal servers to deploy other systems (using callback).

CVSS 3.0 Base Score 6.5. CVSS Attack Vector: adjacent_network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N).

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 3.3. CVSS Attack Vector: adjacent_network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:A/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

Type

Red Hat

First reported 6 years ago

2018-08-22 16:29:00

Last updated 5 years ago

2019-10-09 23:29:00

Affected Software

Red Hat Ansible Tower

Red Hat CloudForms Management Engine 5.0

5.0

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