ubuntu · CVE-2016-5699

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Priority: medium Published: 2016-09-02 00:00:00 UTC Updated: 2025-08-25 22:07:04 UTC

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Tracker summary

CVE-2016-5699 medium priority: Ubuntu including 4 source packages (python2.7, python3.2, python3.4, python3.5), 68 status rows across 17 suites (bionic, disco, eoan, focal, groovy, hirsute, impish, jammy, kinetic, lunar, precise, trusty, upstream, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): DNE 41, not-affected 18, released 6, needs-triage 2, ignored 1.

Description:

CRLF injection vulnerability in the HTTPConnection.putheader function in urllib2 and urllib in CPython (aka Python) before 2.7.10 and 3.x before 3.4.4 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTTP headers via CRLF sequences in a URL.

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