FKIE_CVE-2017-12632

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2018-01-23 22:29 - Updated: 2026-06-17 01:03
Severity
7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Summary
A malicious host header in an incoming HTTP request could cause NiFi to load resources from an external server. The fix to sanitize host headers and compare to a controlled whitelist was applied on the Apache NiFi 1.5.0 release. Users running a prior 1.x release should upgrade to the appropriate release.
References
security@apache.orghttps://nifi.apache.org/security.html#CVE-2017-12632Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://nifi.apache.org/security.html#CVE-2017-12632Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
apache nifi *
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    {
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        {
          "product": "Apache NiFi",
          "vendor": "Apache Software Foundation",
          "versions": [
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            }
          ]
        }
      ],
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    }
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    },
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      "value": "Una cabecera de host manipulada en una petici\u00f3n HTTP entrante podr\u00eda provocar que NiFi cargue recursos de un servidor externo. La soluci\u00f3n para sanear cabeceras de host y compararlas con una lista blanca controlada se aplic\u00f3 en la versi\u00f3n 1.5.0 de Apache NiFi. Los usuarios que ejecuten una distribuci\u00f3n 1.x anterior deben actualizarla a la distribuci\u00f3n adecuada."
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  "id": "CVE-2017-12632",
  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T01:03:41.977",
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}



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