CVE-2016-5699
python: http protocol steam injection attack
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
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
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.0 · 5.3CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CVSS 2.0 · 5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
CWE-20 · Improper Input Validation