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Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

CVE-2013-7299

Medium
5/10

Summary

framework/common/messageheaderparser.cpp in Tntnet before 2.2.1 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a header that ends in \n instead of \r\n, which prevents a null terminator from being added and causes Tntnet to include headers from other requests.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • PARTIAL
  • NONE

CWE-200 - Information Exposure

An information exposure vulnerability is categorized as an information flow (IF) weakness, which can potentially allow unauthorized access to otherwise classified information in the application, such as confidential personal information (demographics, financials, health records, etc.), business secrets, and the application's internal environment.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published