CVE-2015-7519 (GCVE-0-2015-7519)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-01-08 19:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 07:51
VLAI
Summary
agent/Core/Controller/SendRequest.cpp in Phusion Passenger before 4.0.60 and 5.0.x before 5.0.22, when used in Apache integration mode or in standalone mode without a filtering proxy, allows remote attackers to spoof headers passed to applications by using an _ (underscore) character instead of a - (dash) character in an HTTP header, as demonstrated by an X_User header.
Severity
3.7 (Low)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Date Public
2015-12-07 00:00
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