CVE-2016-8743

HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: July 27, 2017 at 09:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:54 AM UTC
12 products affected across 4 vendorsDebian LinuxEnterprise Linux DesktopEnterprise Linux Server

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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 13%

Description

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

References (40)

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-1415.html
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3796
VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95077
VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACKBroken LinkThird Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037508
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0906
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1161
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1413
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1414

CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
NONE
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CWE
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