vulnerability

Apache HTTPD: CVE-2016-4975: Improper Neutralization of CRLF Sequences

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
Aug 14, 2018
Added
Aug 15, 2018
Modified
Apr 9, 2026

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. 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).

Solution

apache-httpd-upgrade-latest

References

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