CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2020-15693

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')

Published: Aug 14, 2020 | Modified: Feb 08, 2021
CVSS 3.x
6.5
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
CVSS 2.x
6.4 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM

In Nim 1.2.4, the standard library httpClient is vulnerable to a CR-LF injection in the target URL. An injection is possible if the attacker controls any part of the URL provided in a call (such as httpClient.get or httpClient.post), the User-Agent header value, or custom HTTP header names or values.

Weakness

The product constructs all or part of a command, data structure, or record using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify how it is parsed or interpreted when it is sent to a downstream component.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Nim Nim-lang * 1.2.6 (including)
Nim Ubuntu bionic *
Nim Ubuntu devel *
Nim Ubuntu groovy *
Nim Ubuntu hirsute *
Nim Ubuntu impish *
Nim Ubuntu lunar *
Nim Ubuntu mantic *
Nim Ubuntu noble *
Nim Ubuntu oracular *
Nim Ubuntu trusty *
Nim Ubuntu xenial *

Potential Mitigations

References