CVE-2016-5331 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

CRLF injection vulnerability in VMware vCenter Server 6.0 before U2 and ESXi 6.0 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTTP headers and conduct HTTP response splitting attacks via unspecified vectors.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00332.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Vmware	Esxi Vcenter Server

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server::update_1b::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.0:::::::*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2016-6282	CRLF injection vulnerability in VMware vCenter Server 6.0 before U2 and ESXi 6.0 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTTP headers and conduct HTTP response splitting attacks via unspecified vectors.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/138211/VMware-vSphere-Hypervisor-ESXi-HTTP-Response-Injection.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Aug/38
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539128/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92324
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036543
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036544
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036545
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2016-0010.html

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2016-08-08T01:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T01:00:59.957Z

Reserved: 2016-06-07T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2016-5331

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2016-08-08T01:59:17.477

Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Link: CVE-2016-5331

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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