CVE-2016-8743

Published Jul 27, 2017

Last updated 18 days ago

Overview

Description
Apache HTTP Server, in all releases prior to 2.2.32 and 2.4.25, was liberal in the whitespace accepted from requests and sent in response lines and headers. Accepting these different behaviors represented a security concern when httpd participates in any chain of proxies or interacts with back-end application servers, either through mod_proxy or using conventional CGI mechanisms, and may result in request smuggling, response splitting and cache pollution.
Source
security@apache.org
NVD status
Modified
Products
http_server, clustered_data_ontap, oncommand_unified_manager, debian_linux, enterprise_linux_desktop, enterprise_linux_eus, enterprise_linux_server, enterprise_linux_server_aus, enterprise_linux_server_tus, enterprise_linux_workstation, jboss_core_services

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type
Primary
Base score
7.5
Impact score
3.6
Exploitability score
3.9
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Severity
HIGH

CVSS 2.0

Type
Primary
Base score
5
Impact score
2.9
Exploitability score
10
Vector string
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov
NVD-CWE-noinfo

Social media

Hype score
Not currently trending

Configurations

References

Sources include official advisories and independent security research.