UBUNTU-CVE-2016-5699

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-5699
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-5699.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-5699
Upstream
Downstream
Related
Published
2016-09-02T00:00:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:43:48Z
Severity
  • 6.1 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

CRLF injection vulnerability in the HTTPConnection.putheader function in urllib2 and urllib in CPython (aka Python) before 2.7.10 and 3.x before 3.4.4 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTTP headers via CRLF sequences in a URL.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / python2.7

Package

Name
python2.7
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/python2.7@2.7.6-8ubuntu0.3?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.7.6-8ubuntu0.3

Affected versions

2.*

2.7.5-8ubuntu3
2.7.5-8ubuntu4
2.7.6-2
2.7.6-2ubuntu1
2.7.6-3
2.7.6-3ubuntu1
2.7.6-4
2.7.6-4ubuntu1
2.7.6-5
2.7.6-7
2.7.6-8
2.7.6-8ubuntu0.2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "idle-python2.7",
            "binary_version": "2.7.6-8ubuntu0.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpython2.7",
            "binary_version": "2.7.6-8ubuntu0.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpython2.7-dev",
            "binary_version": "2.7.6-8ubuntu0.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpython2.7-minimal",
            "binary_version": "2.7.6-8ubuntu0.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpython2.7-stdlib",
            "binary_version": "2.7.6-8ubuntu0.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpython2.7-testsuite",
            "binary_version": "2.7.6-8ubuntu0.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "python2.7",
            "binary_version": "2.7.6-8ubuntu0.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "python2.7-dev",
            "binary_version": "2.7.6-8ubuntu0.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "python2.7-examples",
            "binary_version": "2.7.6-8ubuntu0.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "python2.7-minimal",
            "binary_version": "2.7.6-8ubuntu0.3"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / python3.4

Package

Name
python3.4
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/python3.4@3.4.3-1ubuntu1~14.04.5?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.4.3-1ubuntu1~14.04.5

Affected versions

3.*

3.4~b1-0ubuntu3
3.4~b1-4ubuntu4
3.4~b1-4ubuntu6
3.4~b1-5ubuntu2
3.4~b2-1
3.4~b3-1ubuntu1
3.4~rc1-1build1
3.4~rc2-1
3.4~rc3-0ubuntu1
3.4.0-1
3.4.0-2ubuntu1
3.4.0-2ubuntu1.1
3.4.3-1ubuntu1~14.04.1
3.4.3-1ubuntu1~14.04.3
3.4.3-1ubuntu1~14.04.4

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "idle-python3.4",
            "binary_version": "3.4.3-1ubuntu1~14.04.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpython3.4",
            "binary_version": "3.4.3-1ubuntu1~14.04.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpython3.4-dev",
            "binary_version": "3.4.3-1ubuntu1~14.04.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpython3.4-minimal",
            "binary_version": "3.4.3-1ubuntu1~14.04.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpython3.4-stdlib",
            "binary_version": "3.4.3-1ubuntu1~14.04.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpython3.4-testsuite",
            "binary_version": "3.4.3-1ubuntu1~14.04.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "python3.4",
            "binary_version": "3.4.3-1ubuntu1~14.04.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "python3.4-dev",
            "binary_version": "3.4.3-1ubuntu1~14.04.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "python3.4-examples",
            "binary_version": "3.4.3-1ubuntu1~14.04.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "python3.4-minimal",
            "binary_version": "3.4.3-1ubuntu1~14.04.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "python3.4-venv",
            "binary_version": "3.4.3-1ubuntu1~14.04.5"
        }
    ]
}