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Improper Neutralization of CRLF Sequences ('CRLF Injection')

CVE-2017-18587

Medium
5.3/10

Summary

An issue was discovered in the hyper crate before 0.9.18 for Rust. It mishandles newlines in headers.

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CWE-93 - Improper Neutralization of CRLF Sequences ('CRLF Injection')

The software uses CRLF (carriage return line feeds) as a special element, e.g. to separate lines or records, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes CRLF sequences from inputs.

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Advisory Timeline

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