# CVE-2002-1405: CRLF injection vulnerability in Lynx 2.8.4 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject false HTTP headers into an HTTP request that is pro

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 on Exploit-DB
- Published: 2004-09-01 · Updated: 2024-08-08

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

CRLF injection vulnerability in Lynx 2.8.4 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject false HTTP headers into an HTTP request that is provided on the command line, via a URL containing encoded carriage return, line feed, and other whitespace characters.

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## References

- http://www.mandrakesoft.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:023
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-030.html
- http://www.trustix.net/errata/misc/2002/TSL-2002-0085-lynx-ssl.asc.txt
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9887.php
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-029.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103003793418021&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=102978118411977&w=2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5499
- ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2002-049.0.txt
- http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-210
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/21722

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