CVE-2017-5660 (GCVE-0-2017-5660)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-02-27 20:00 – Updated: 2024-09-17 00:37
VLAI
Summary
There is a vulnerability in Apache Traffic Server (ATS) 6.2.0 and prior and 7.0.0 and prior with the Host header and line folding. This can have issues when interacting with upstream proxies and the wrong host being used.
Severity
8.6 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N
CWE
  • Information Disclosure
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4128 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/22d84783d94c… mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Apache Software Foundation Apache Traffic Server Affected: 6.2.0 and prior
Affected: 7.0.0 and prior
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Date Public
2018-02-27 00:00
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