CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2016-5331

Improper Neutralization of CRLF Sequences ('CRLF Injection')

Published: Aug 08, 2016 | Modified: Apr 12, 2025
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
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CRLF injection vulnerability in VMware vCenter Server 6.0 before U2 and ESXi 6.0 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTTP headers and conduct HTTP response splitting attacks via unspecified vectors.

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

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
Vcenter_serverVmware*6.0 (including)
EsxiVmware6.0 (including)6.0 (including)

Potential Mitigations

References