CVE-2012-2374
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
5.0
Description
CRLF injection vulnerability in the tornado.web.RequestHandler.set_header function in Tornado before 2.2.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTTP headers and conduct HTTP response splitting attacks via crafted input.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
30%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 2.1.0-3 |
| sid | Fixed | 2.1.0-3 |
| forky | Fixed | 2.1.0-3 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 2.1.0-3 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 2.1.0-3 |
Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| PyPI | tornado | <2.2.1 | 2.2.1 |
References
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/18/12
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49185
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/18/6
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53612
- http://www.tornadoweb.org/documentation/releases/v2.2.1.html
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-2374
- https://github.com/tornadoweb/tornado/commit/1ae91f6d58e6257e0ab49d295d8741ce1727bdb7
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/tornado/PYSEC-2012-5.yaml
- https://github.com/tornadoweb/tornado
- https://web.archive.org/web/20140720192646/http://secunia.com/advisories/49185
- https://web.archive.org/web/20200229124524/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53612
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-2374
CWEs
CWE-20
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.