CVE-2018-12537

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.

Score

CVSS 3.0 5.3 Medium

Status

Modified - emo@eclipse.org

Published

2018-08-14

Last modified

2024-08-05

Weaknesses

CWE-20, CWE-93

Affected products

• Vert.x (Eclipse)
• Eclipse Vert.x (The Eclipse Foundation)

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