CRLF injection in httplib2 library for Python



Published: 2020-05-26
Risk Low
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2020-11078
CWE-ID CWE-93
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
Subscribe 		httplib2
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Vendor httplib2

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one low risk vulnerability.

1) CRLF injection

EUVDB-ID: #VU28245

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1:

CVE-ID: CVE-2020-11078

CWE-ID:

Exploit availability:

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform CRLF injection attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient filtration of user-supplied data. A remote attacker controlling unescaped part of uri for "httplib2.Http.request()" can change request headers and body, send additional hidden requests to same server.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

httplib2: 0.9 - 0.17.4

Fixed software versions

CPE2.3 External links

http://github.com/httplib2/httplib2/commit/a1457cc31f3206cf691d11d2bf34e98865873e9e
http://github.com/httplib2/httplib2/security/advisories/GHSA-gg84-qgv9-w4pq
http://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc9eff9572946142b657c900fe63ea4bbd3535911e8d4ce4d08fe4b89@%3Ccommits.allura.apache.org%3E


Q & A

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