CVE-2016-5699
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-5699
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-5699.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2016-5699
- Aliases
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2016-09-02T14:59:07.003Z
- Modified
- 2026-02-11T04:48:06.138639Z
- Severity
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- 6.1 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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CRLF injection vulnerability in the HTTPConnection.putheader function in urllib2 and urllib in CPython (aka Python) before 2.7.10 and 3.x before 3.4.4 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTTP headers via CRLF sequences in a URL.
- References
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- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00040.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91226
- http://www.splunk.com/view/SP-CAAAPSV
- http://www.splunk.com/view/SP-CAAAPUE
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00011.html
- http://blog.blindspotsecurity.com/2016/06/advisory-http-header-injection-in.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1626.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1627.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1628.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1629.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1630.html
- https://docs.python.org/3.4/whatsnew/changelog.html#python-3-4-4
- https://hg.python.org/cpython/raw-file/v2.7.10/Misc/NEWS
- https://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/1c45047c5102
- https://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/bf3e1c9b80e9
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/14/7
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/15/12
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/16/2
- http://blog.blindspotsecurity.com/2016/06/advisory-http-header-injection-in.html