CVE-2016-3166

Summary

CVECVE-2016-3166
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-04-12 15:59:04 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionCRLF injection vulnerability in the drupal_set_header function in Drupal 6.x before 6.38, when used with PHP before 5.1.2, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTTP headers and conduct HTTP response splitting attacks by leveraging a module that allows user-submitted data to appear in HTTP headers.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.0 5.9 MEDIUM from [email protected]

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a


VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.0[email protected]Primary5.9MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
2.0[email protected]Primary4.3AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

CVSS v3.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Application Drupal Drupal 6.0 All All All
Application Drupal Drupal 6.0 beta1 All All
Application Drupal Drupal 6.0 beta2 All All
Application Drupal Drupal 6.0 beta3 All All
Application Drupal Drupal 6.0 beta4 All All
Application Drupal Drupal 6.0 dev All All
Application Drupal Drupal 6.0 rc1 All All
Application Drupal Drupal 6.0 rc2 All All
Application Drupal Drupal 6.0 rc3 All All
Application Drupal Drupal 6.0 rc4 All All
Application Drupal Drupal 6.1 All All All
Application Drupal Drupal 6.10 All All All
Application Drupal Drupal 6.11 All All All
Application Drupal Drupal 6.12 All All All
Application Drupal Drupal 6.13 All All All
Application Drupal Drupal 6.14 All All All
Application Drupal Drupal 6.15 All All All
Application Drupal Drupal 6.16 All All All
Application Drupal Drupal 6.17 All All All
Application Drupal Drupal 6.18 All All All
Application Drupal Drupal 6.19 All All All
Application Drupal Drupal 6.2 All All All
Application Drupal Drupal 6.20 All All All
Application Drupal Drupal 6.21 All All All
Application Drupal Drupal 6.22 All All All
Application Drupal Drupal 6.23 All All All
Application Drupal Drupal 6.24 All All All
Application Drupal Drupal 6.25 All All All
Application Drupal Drupal 6.26 All All All
Application Drupal Drupal 6.27 All All All
Application Drupal Drupal 6.28 All All All
Application Drupal Drupal 6.29 All All All
Application Drupal Drupal 6.3 All All All
Application Drupal Drupal 6.30 All All All
Application Drupal Drupal 6.31 All All All
Application Drupal Drupal 6.32 All All All
Application Drupal Drupal 6.33 All All All
Application Drupal Drupal 6.34 All All All
Application Drupal Drupal 6.35 All All All
Application Drupal Drupal 6.36 All All All
Application Drupal Drupal 6.37 All All All
Application Drupal Drupal 6.4 All All All
Application Drupal Drupal 6.5 All All All
Application Drupal Drupal 6.6 All All All
Application Drupal Drupal 6.7 All All All
Application Drupal Drupal 6.8 All All All
Application Drupal Drupal 6.9 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3498-1 drupal7 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
oss-security - Re: CVE requests for Drupal core (SA-CORE-2016-001) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
Drupal Core - Critical - Multiple Vulnerabilities - SA-CORE-2016-001 | Drupal.org af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.drupal.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
oss-security - CVE requests for Drupal core (SA-CORE-2016-001) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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