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Improper Neutralization of CRLF Sequences in HTTP Headers ('HTTP Request/Response Splitting')

CVE-2016-4993

Medium
6.1/10

Summary

CRLF injection vulnerability in the Undertow web server in WildFly, as used in Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (EAP), allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTTP headers and conduct HTTP response splitting attacks via unspecified vectors.

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  • NETWORK
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  • CHANGED
  • REQUIRED
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CWE-113 - Improper Neutralization of CRLF Sequences in HTTP Headers ('HTTP Request/Response Splitting')

The software receives data from an HTTP agent/component (e.g., web server, proxy, browser, etc.), but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes CR and LF characters before the data is included in outgoing HTTP headers.

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