CVE-2015-7519: Header overwriting

January 8, 2016 (updated June 28, 2018)

It is possible in some cases, for clients to overwrite headers set by the server, resulting in a medium level security issue. Passenger 5 uses an SCGI-inspired format to pass headers to Ruby/Python applications, while Passenger 4 uses an SCGI-inspired format to pass headers to all applications. This implies a conversion to UPPER_CASE_WITH_UNDERSCORES whereby the difference between characters like ‘-’ and ‘_’ is lost. See “Affected use-cases” in provided link to establish wether one particular application is affected.

References

blog.phusion.nl/2015/12/07/cve-2015-7519/

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