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GHSA-q89x-f52w-6hj2 CVE-2017-18587 RUSTSEC-2017-0002

Headers containing newline characters can split messages in hyper

Medium crates.io
Severity
5.3 / 10
Medium · CVSS 3.0
Exploit chance (EPSS)
1.03%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Higher than 63.78% of scored vulnerabilities.
Known exploited
No
Not in CISA's catalog
Weakness
CWE-93 Improper Neutralization of CRLF Sequences ('CRLF Injection')
Fix
0.10.2
Upgrade hyper to this version or later

Description

Serializing of headers to the socket did not filter the values for newline bytes (\r or \n), which allowed for header values to split a request or response. People would not likely include newlines in the headers in their own applications, so the way for most people to exploit this is if an application constructs headers based on unsanitized user input.

This issue was fixed by replacing all newline characters with a space during serialization of a header value.

Affected versions

crates.io

PackageVulnerableFixed in
hyper
>= 0.10.0, < 0.10.2
0.10.2
hyper
< 0.9.18
0.9.18
hyper
>= 0.0.0-0, < 0.9.18
>= 0.10.0, < 0.10.2
0.9.18
0.10.2

How to fix

Move to the fixed version or later with your package manager, update the lockfile, and run your tests. If the package only arrives through another dependency, upgrade that dependency first. If none of its releases pulls a fixed version yet, force the version with your package manager's override.

hyper crates.io → 0.10.2

cargo
cargo update -p hyper --precise 0.10.2

Severity breakdown

CVSS 3.0 5.3

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
None

Weakness

CWE-93: Improper Neutralization of CRLF Sequences ('CRLF Injection')

The product uses CRLF (carriage return line feeds) as a special element, e.g. to separate lines or records, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes CRLF sequences from inputs.

How to prevent it
  • Implementation: Avoid using CRLF as a special sequence.
  • Implementation: Appropriately filter or quote CRLF sequences in user-controlled input.

References

Timeline

  1. Published
  2. Last updated by the source
  3. Latest EPSS score
AdvisorySeverityWhy it's related
GHSA-f67m-9j94-qv9j
Parser creates invalid uninitialized value
High Also affects hyper
GHSA-f3pg-qwvg-p99c
Lenient Parsing of Content-Length Header When Prefixed with Plus Sign
Low Also affects hyper
GHSA-5h46-h7hh-c6x9
Integer Overflow in Chunked Transfer-Encoding
Medium Also affects hyper
GHSA-6hfq-h8hq-87mf
HTTP Request Smuggling in hyper
Medium Also affects hyper
GHSA-h3qr-rq2j-74w4
HTTP Request Smuggling in hyper
Critical Also affects hyper
GHSA-9xjr-m6f3-v5wm
HTTPS MitM vulnerability due to lack of hostname verification
Medium Also affects hyper
GHSA-h4x7-gw46-3wm6
HTTPX2: Multipart part header injection via unvalidated file Content-Type and custom headers
Medium Same weakness, CWE-93
GHSA-j9f9-w8pj-32f8
Spring Framework Server Sent Event stream corruption while rendering fragments
Critical Same weakness, CWE-93
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