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CVE-2016-8743

high · 7.5

Apache HTTP Server, in all releases prior to 2.2.32 and 2.4.25, was liberal in the whitespace accepted from requests and sent in response lines and headers. Accepting these different behaviors represented a security concern when httpd participates in any chain of proxies or interacts with back-end application servers, either through mod_proxy or using conventional CGI mechanisms, and may result in request smuggling, response splitting and cache pollution.

7.5
CVSS
13.3%
EPSS (exploit prob.)
96th
EPSS percentile
2017-07-27
Published

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
apachehttp_server>= 2.2.0, <= 2.2.31
apachehttp_server>= 2.4.1, <= 2.4.23
netappclustered_data_ontapall versions
netapponcommand_unified_managerall versions
debiandebian_linux8.0
debiandebian_linux9.0
redhatenterprise_linux_desktop6.0
redhatenterprise_linux_desktop7.0
redhatenterprise_linux_eus7.3
redhatenterprise_linux_eus7.4
redhatenterprise_linux_eus7.5
redhatenterprise_linux_eus7.6
redhatenterprise_linux_eus7.7
redhatenterprise_linux_server6.0
redhatenterprise_linux_server7.0
redhatenterprise_linux_server_aus7.3
redhatenterprise_linux_server_aus7.4
redhatenterprise_linux_server_aus7.6
redhatenterprise_linux_server_aus7.7
redhatenterprise_linux_server_tus7.3
redhatenterprise_linux_server_tus7.6
redhatenterprise_linux_server_tus7.7
redhatenterprise_linux_workstation6.0
redhatenterprise_linux_workstation7.0
redhatjboss_core_services1.0
redhatenterprise_linux6.0
redhatenterprise_linux7.0

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