SB2012052303 - Input validation error in Tornado
Published: May 23, 2012 Updated: August 11, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2012052303
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2012-2374)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to manipulate data.
CRLF injection vulnerability in the tornado.web.RequestHandler.set_header function in Tornado before 2.2.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTTP headers and conduct HTTP response splitting attacks via crafted input.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.