PT-2018-9599 · Elixir · Plug

Published 2018-12-20 · Updated 2022-04-12 · CVE-2018-1000883

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Elixir Plug Plug versions prior to 1.0.6 Elixir Plug Plug versions prior to 1.1.9 Elixir Plug Plug versions prior to 1.2.5 Elixir Plug Plug versions prior to 1.3.5

Description: The issue is related to a Header Injection vulnerability in the Connection component. This can be exploited by crafting a specific value to be sent as a cookie, allowing headers to be added. The vulnerability appears to be exploitable via sending a crafted cookie value.

Recommendations: For versions prior to 1.0.6, update to version 1.0.6 or later. For versions prior to 1.1.9, update to version 1.1.9 or later. For versions prior to 1.2.5, update to version 1.2.5 or later. For versions prior to 1.3.5, update to version 1.3.5 or later.

Fix

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-1000883

GHSA-9H73-W7CH-RH73

Affected Products

Plug

References · 6

• https://github.com/elixir-plug/plug/commit/8857f8ab4acf9b9c22e80480dae2636692f5f573 · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-9h73-w7ch-rh73 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1000883 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-1000883 · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/elixir-plug/plug · Note
• https://github.com/dependabot/elixir-security-advisories/blob/master/packages/plug/2017-04-17.yml · Note