Tornado < 2.2.1 HTTP Response Splitting

medium Nessus Plugin ID 59356

Synopsis

The remote web server may be affected by an HTTP response splitting vulnerability.

Description

According to its banner, the version of Tornado installed on the remote host is older than 2.2.1. As such, it may be affected by an HTTP response splitting vulnerability that may allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to forge responses from a trusted server.

Solution

Update to version 2.2.1 or later.

See Also

http://www.tornadoweb.org/documentation/releases/v2.2.1.html

https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/18/12

http://www.nessus.org/u?aefd8669

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 59356

File Name: tornado_2_2_1.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: remote

Family: Web Servers

Published: 6/4/2012

Updated: 11/15/2018

Configuration: Enable paranoid mode

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:tornadoweb:tornado

Required KB Items: www/tornado, Settings/ParanoidReport

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/23/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/18/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-2374

BID: 53612