CVE-2002-1405

Description

CRLF injection vulnerability in Lynx 2.8.4 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject false HTTP headers into an HTTP request that is provided on the command line, via a URL containing encoded carriage return, line feed, and other whitespace characters.

5.0

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 14.08% Top 10%

Vendor Advisory mandrakesoft.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory trustix.net Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory caldera.com Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory iss.net

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://www.mandrakesoft.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:023	vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-030.html	vendor advisory
http://www.trustix.net/errata/misc/2002/TSL-2002-0085-lynx-ssl.asc.txt	vendor advisory
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9887.php	vdb entry patch vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-029.html	vendor advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103003793418021&w=2	mailing list
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=102978118411977&w=2	mailing list
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5499	vdb entry
ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2002-049.0.txt	vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-210	patch vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2002-1405?: CVE-2002-1405 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2002-1405?: To fix CVE-2002-1405, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2002-1405 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2002-1405 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~14% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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