CVE-2018-1000164 (GCVE-0-2018-1000164)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-04-18 19:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 12:33
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Summary
gunicorn version 19.4.5 contains a CWE-113: Improper Neutralization of CRLF Sequences in HTTP Headers vulnerability in "process_headers" function in "gunicorn/http/wsgi.py" that can result in an attacker causing the server to return arbitrary HTTP headers. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 19.5.0.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CWE
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2018-04-18 00:00
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