medium5.3
CVE-2018-12537
Moderate severity vulnerability that affects io.vertx:vertx-core
Impact
In Eclipse Vert.x version 3.0 to 3.5.1, the HttpServer response headers and HttpClient request headers do not filter carriage return and line feed characters from the header value. This allow unfiltered values to inject a new header in the client request or server response.
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| maven | io.vertx:vertx-core | >= 3.0.0, < 3.5.2 | 3.5.2 |
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Eclipse | Vert.X | from 3.0.0 through 3.5.1 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- GitHub advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2371
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3768
- https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=536038
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1591072
- https://github.com/eclipse/vert.x/commit/1bb6445226c39a95e7d07ce3caaf56828e8aab72
- https://github.com/eclipse/vert.x/issues/2470
- https://www.compass-security.com/fileadmin/Datein/Research/Advisories/CSNC-2018-021_vertx.txt
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-6cw8-7j6c-hccp
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-12537