Elixir Plug up to 1.0.6/1.1.9/1.2.5/1.3.5 Header Injection input validation

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Elixir Plug up to 1.0.6/1.1.9/1.2.5/1.3.5. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. Performing a manipulation results in input validation (Header Injection). This vulnerability is known as CVE-2018-1000883. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Elixir Plug up to 1.0.6/1.1.9/1.2.5/1.3.5. This affects an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability (Header Injection). CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Elixir Plug Plug version All contains a Header Injection vulnerability in Connection that can result in Given a cookie value, Headers can be added. This attack appear to be exploitable via Crafting a value to be sent as a cookie. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in >= 1.3.5 or ~> 1.2.5 or ~> 1.1.9 or ~> 1.0.6.

The bug was discovered 04/17/2017. The weakness was published 12/20/2018 (Website). The advisory is shared at github.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2018-1000883 since 12/20/2018. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 612 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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Name

• Elixir Plug

Version

• 1.0.0
• 1.0.1
• 1.0.2
• 1.0.3
• 1.0.4
• 1.0.5
• 1.0.6
• 1.1.0
• 1.1.1
• 1.1.2
• 1.1.3
• 1.1.4
• 1.1.5
• 1.1.6
• 1.1.7
• 1.1.8
• 1.1.9
• 1.2.0
• 1.2.1
• 1.2.2
• 1.2.3
• 1.2.4
• 1.2.5
• 1.3.0
• 1.3.1
• 1.3.2
• 1.3.3
• 1.3.4
• 1.3.5

License

• open-source

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