medium
5.9
CWE
93 113
Advisory Published
CVE Published
Updated

CVE-2016-3166: CRLF Injection

First published: Mon Feb 15 2016(Updated: )

CRLF injection vulnerability in the drupal_set_header function in Drupal 6.x before 6.38, when used with PHP before 5.1.2, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTTP headers and conduct HTTP response splitting attacks by leveraging a module that allows user-submitted data to appear in HTTP headers.

Credit: cve@mitre.org cve@mitre.org

Affected SoftwareAffected VersionHow to fix
composer/drupal/core>=8.0<8.0.4
composer/drupal/drupal>=8.0<8.0.4
composer/drupal/drupal>=6.0<6.38
6.38
composer/drupal/core>=6.0<6.38
6.38
Debian Linux=7.0
Debian Linux=8.0
Drupal=6.0
Drupal=6.0-beta1
Drupal=6.0-beta2
Drupal=6.0-beta3
Drupal=6.0-beta4
Drupal=6.0-dev
Drupal=6.0-rc1
Drupal=6.0-rc2
Drupal=6.0-rc3
Drupal=6.0-rc4
Drupal=6.1
Drupal=6.2
Drupal=6.3
Drupal=6.4
Drupal=6.5
Drupal=6.6
Drupal=6.7
Drupal=6.8
Drupal=6.9
Drupal=6.10
Drupal=6.11
Drupal=6.12
Drupal=6.13
Drupal=6.14
Drupal=6.15
Drupal=6.16
Drupal=6.17
Drupal=6.18
Drupal=6.19
Drupal=6.20
Drupal=6.21
Drupal=6.22
Drupal=6.23
Drupal=6.24
Drupal=6.25
Drupal=6.26
Drupal=6.27
Drupal=6.28
Drupal=6.29
Drupal=6.30
Drupal=6.31
Drupal=6.32
Drupal=6.33
Drupal=6.34
Drupal=6.35
Drupal=6.36
Drupal=6.37

Remedy

https://www.drupal.org/SA-CORE-2016-001

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Frequently Asked Questions

  • What is the severity of CVE-2016-3166?

    CVE-2016-3166 is rated as a medium severity vulnerability.

  • How do I fix CVE-2016-3166?

    To fix CVE-2016-3166, upgrade to Drupal version 6.38 or later.

  • Which versions of Drupal are affected by CVE-2016-3166?

    Drupal versions 6.x before 6.38 are affected by CVE-2016-3166.

  • What type of attack does CVE-2016-3166 facilitate?

    CVE-2016-3166 facilitates HTTP response splitting attacks through CRLF injection.

  • Can CVE-2016-3166 be exploited remotely?

    Yes, CVE-2016-3166 can be exploited remotely by attackers.

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