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CVE-2016-5699

python: http protocol steam injection attack

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

5.3

CVSS 3.0

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Published · November 24, 2014

Updated · June 28, 2026

Description

It was found that the Python's httplib library (used by urllib, urllib2 and others) did not properly check HTTPConnection.putheader() function arguments. An attacker could use this flaw to inject additional headers in a Python application that allowed user provided header names or values.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.0 · 5.3
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

CVSS 2.0 · 5
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

CWE-20 · Improper Input Validation