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CVE-2020-11078: CRLF injection in httplib2

May 20, 2020 (updated September 20, 2024)

Attacker controlling unescaped part of uri for httplib2.Http.request() could change request headers and body, send additional hidden requests to same server.

Impacts software that uses httplib2 with uri constructed by string concatenation, as opposed to proper urllib building with escaping.

References

  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-gg84-qgv9-w4pq
  • github.com/httplib2/httplib2
  • github.com/httplib2/httplib2/commit/a1457cc31f3206cf691d11d2bf34e98865873e9e
  • github.com/httplib2/httplib2/security/advisories/GHSA-gg84-qgv9-w4pq
  • github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/httplib2/PYSEC-2020-46.yaml
  • lists.apache.org/thread.html/r23711190c2e98152cb6f216b95090d5eeb978543bb7e0bad22ce47fc@%3Cissues.beam.apache.org%3E
  • lists.apache.org/thread.html/r4d35dac106fab979f0db75a07fc4e320ad848b722103e79667ff99e1@%3Cissues.beam.apache.org%3E
  • lists.apache.org/thread.html/r69a462e690b5f2c3d418a288a2c98ae764d58587bd0b5d6ab141f25f@%3Cissues.beam.apache.org%3E
  • lists.apache.org/thread.html/r7f364000066748299b331b615ba51c62f55ab5b201ddce9a22d98202@%3Cissues.beam.apache.org%3E
  • lists.apache.org/thread.html/rad8872fc99f670958c2774e2bf84ee32a3a0562a0c787465cf3dfa23@%3Cissues.beam.apache.org%3E
  • lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc9eff9572946142b657c900fe63ea4bbd3535911e8d4ce4d08fe4b89@%3Ccommits.allura.apache.org%3E
  • lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00000.html
  • lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IXCX2AWROGWGY5GXR7VN3BKF34A2FO6J
  • lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PZJ3D6JSM7CFZESZZKGUW2VX55BOSOXI
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-11078

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Affected versions

All versions before 0.18.0

Fixed versions

  • 0.18.0

Solution

Upgrade to version 0.18.0 or above.

Impact 6.8 MEDIUM

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

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Weakness

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

Source file

pypi/httplib2/CVE-2020-11078.yml

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