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Apache HTTPD: mod_userdir CRLF injection (CVE-2016-4975)

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Apache HTTPD: mod_userdir CRLF injection (CVE-2016-4975)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
08/15/2018
Created
03/19/2019
Added
08/15/2018
Modified
01/13/2022

Description

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.

Solution(s)

  • apache-httpd-upgrade-2_2_32
  • apache-httpd-upgrade-2_4_25

References

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