Risk | Medium |
Patch available | YES |
Number of vulnerabilities | 1 |
CVE-ID | CVE-2016-10517 |
CWE-ID | CWE-254 |
Exploitation vector | Network |
Public exploit | N/A |
Vulnerable software Subscribe |
Redis Server applications / Database software |
Vendor | Salvatore Sanfilippo |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.
EUVDB-ID: #VU31401
Risk: Medium
CVSSv3.1: 6.4 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-10517
CWE-ID:
CWE-254 - Security Features
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive information.
networking.c in Redis before 3.2.7 allows "Cross Protocol Scripting" because it lacks a check for POST and Host: strings, which are not valid in the Redis protocol (but commonly occur when an attack triggers an HTTP request to the Redis TCP port).
MitigationInstall update from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versionsRedis: 3.2.0 - 3.2.6
External linkshttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101572
http://github.com/antirez/redis/commit/874804da0c014a7d704b3d285aa500098a931f50
http://raw.githubusercontent.com/antirez/redis/3.2/00-RELEASENOTES
http://www.reddit.com/r/redis/comments/5r8wxn/redis_327_is_out_important_security_fixes_inside/
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?
The attacker would have to send a specially crafted request to the affected application in order to exploit this vulnerability.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.