Vulnerability CVE-2018-12537
Published: 2018-08-14

Description:
In Eclipse Vert.x version 3.0 to 3.5.1, the HttpServer response headers and HttpClient request headers do not filter carriage return and line feed characters from the header value. This allow unfiltered values to inject a new header in the client request or server response.

Type:

CWE-20

 (Improper Input Validation)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
5/10
2.9/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
Partial
None
Affected software
Eclipse -> Vert.x 

 References:
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2371
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3768
https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=536038
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1591072
https://github.com/eclipse/vert.x/commit/1bb6445226c39a95e7d07ce3caaf56828e8aab72
https://github.com/eclipse/vert.x/issues/2470
https://www.compass-security.com/fileadmin/Datein/Research/Advisories/CSNC-2018-021_vertx.txt
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