CVE-2015-7519
Description
agent/Core/Controller/SendRequest.cpp in Phusion Passenger before 4.0.60 and 5.0.x before 5.0.22, when used in Apache integration mode or in standalone mode without a filtering proxy, allows remote attackers to spoof headers passed to applications by using an _ (underscore) character instead of a - (dash) character in an HTTP header, as demonstrated by an X_User header.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
SUSE Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| — | Affected | — |
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 5.0.22-1 |
| sid | Fixed | 5.0.22-1 |
| forky | Fixed | 5.0.22-1 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 5.0.22-1 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 5.0.22-1 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| phusionpassenger | phusion_passenger | {"endIncluding":"4.0.59"} | |
| phusionpassenger | phusion_passenger | 5.0.0 | |
| phusionpassenger | phusion_passenger | 5.0.1 | |
| phusionpassenger | phusion_passenger | 5.0.2 | |
| phusionpassenger | phusion_passenger | 5.0.3 | |
| phusionpassenger | phusion_passenger | 5.0.4 | |
| phusionpassenger | phusion_passenger | 5.0.5 | |
| phusionpassenger | phusion_passenger | 5.0.6 | |
| phusionpassenger | phusion_passenger | 5.0.7 | |
| phusionpassenger | phusion_passenger | 5.0.8 | |
| phusionpassenger | phusion_passenger | 5.0.9 | |
| phusionpassenger | phusion_passenger | 5.0.10 | |
| phusionpassenger | phusion_passenger | 5.0.11 | |
| phusionpassenger | phusion_passenger | 5.0.12 | |
| phusionpassenger | phusion_passenger | 5.0.13 | |
| phusionpassenger | phusion_passenger | 5.0.14 | |
| phusionpassenger | phusion_passenger | 5.0.15 | |
| phusionpassenger | phusion_passenger | 5.0.16 | |
| phusionpassenger | phusion_passenger | 5.0.17 | |
| phusionpassenger | phusion_passenger | 5.0.18 | |
| phusionpassenger | phusion_passenger | 5.0.19 | |
| phusionpassenger | phusion_passenger | 5.0.20 | |
| phusionpassenger | phusion_passenger | 5.0.21 | |
References
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-7519.html
- https://blog.phusion.nl/2015/12/07/cve-2015-7519/
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00024.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/07/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/07/2
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=956281
- https://github.com/phusion/passenger/commit/ddb8ecc4ebf260e4967f57f271d4f5761abeac3e
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/06/msg00007.html
- https://puppet.com/security/cve/passenger-dec-2015-security-fixes
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-7519
- https://blog.phusion.nl/2015/12/07/cve-2015-7519
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-fxwv-953p-7qpf
- https://github.com/phusion/passenger
- https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/passenger/CVE-2015-7519.yml
- https://web.archive.org/web/20220327073056/https://www.puppet.com/security/cve/passenger-dec-2015-security-fixes
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-7519
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.