CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2016-4975

Improper Neutralization of CRLF Sequences ('CRLF Injection')

Published: Aug 14, 2018 | Modified: Nov 07, 2023
CVSS 3.x
6.1
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CVSS 2.x
4.3 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

Possible CRLF injection allowing HTTP response splitting attacks for sites which use mod_userdir. This issue was mitigated by changes made in 2.4.25 and 2.2.32 which prohibit CR or LF injection into the Location or other outbound header key or value. Fixed in Apache HTTP Server 2.4.25 (Affected 2.4.1-2.4.23). Fixed in Apache HTTP Server 2.2.32 (Affected 2.2.0-2.2.31).

Weakness

The product 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.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Http_server Apache 2.2.0 (including) 2.2.0 (including)
Http_server Apache 2.2.2 (including) 2.2.2 (including)
Http_server Apache 2.2.3 (including) 2.2.3 (including)
Http_server Apache 2.2.4 (including) 2.2.4 (including)
Http_server Apache 2.2.6 (including) 2.2.6 (including)
Http_server Apache 2.2.8 (including) 2.2.8 (including)
Http_server Apache 2.2.9 (including) 2.2.9 (including)
Http_server Apache 2.2.10 (including) 2.2.10 (including)
Http_server Apache 2.2.11 (including) 2.2.11 (including)
Http_server Apache 2.2.12 (including) 2.2.12 (including)
Http_server Apache 2.2.13 (including) 2.2.13 (including)
Http_server Apache 2.2.14 (including) 2.2.14 (including)
Http_server Apache 2.2.15 (including) 2.2.15 (including)
Http_server Apache 2.2.16 (including) 2.2.16 (including)
Http_server Apache 2.2.17 (including) 2.2.17 (including)
Http_server Apache 2.2.18 (including) 2.2.18 (including)
Http_server Apache 2.2.19 (including) 2.2.19 (including)
Http_server Apache 2.2.20 (including) 2.2.20 (including)
Http_server Apache 2.2.21 (including) 2.2.21 (including)
Http_server Apache 2.2.22 (including) 2.2.22 (including)
Http_server Apache 2.2.23 (including) 2.2.23 (including)
Http_server Apache 2.2.24 (including) 2.2.24 (including)
Http_server Apache 2.2.25 (including) 2.2.25 (including)
Http_server Apache 2.2.26 (including) 2.2.26 (including)
Http_server Apache 2.2.27 (including) 2.2.27 (including)
Http_server Apache 2.2.29 (including) 2.2.29 (including)
Http_server Apache 2.2.31 (including) 2.2.31 (including)
Http_server Apache 2.4.1 (including) 2.4.1 (including)
Http_server Apache 2.4.2 (including) 2.4.2 (including)
Http_server Apache 2.4.3 (including) 2.4.3 (including)
Http_server Apache 2.4.4 (including) 2.4.4 (including)
Http_server Apache 2.4.6 (including) 2.4.6 (including)
Http_server Apache 2.4.7 (including) 2.4.7 (including)
Http_server Apache 2.4.9 (including) 2.4.9 (including)
Http_server Apache 2.4.10 (including) 2.4.10 (including)
Http_server Apache 2.4.12 (including) 2.4.12 (including)
Http_server Apache 2.4.16 (including) 2.4.16 (including)
Http_server Apache 2.4.17 (including) 2.4.17 (including)
Http_server Apache 2.4.18 (including) 2.4.18 (including)
Http_server Apache 2.4.20 (including) 2.4.20 (including)
Http_server Apache 2.4.23 (including) 2.4.23 (including)

Potential Mitigations

References