CVE-2017-7443 Other in n/a

Medium 6.1 Published Updated

Attackers can perform HTTP response splitting in apt-cacher and apt-cacher-ng by injecting encoded newline characters into requests.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
A user has to click or open something
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2017-7443?

CVE-2017-7443 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 5 Apr 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

apt-cacher before 1.7.15 and apt-cacher-ng before 3.4 allow HTTP response splitting via encoded newline characters, related to lack of blocking for the %0[ad] regular expression.

Weakness: CWE-113

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-7443?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Apt-Cacher-Ng Project Apt-Cacher-Ng, Apt-Cacher Project Apt-Cacher.

How do I fix CVE-2017-7443?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2017-7443 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-7443 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2017-7443, DLA-873-1, GHSA-w6gh-25j9-8fm4, UBUNTU-CVE-2017-7443.

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