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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2017-5660

There is a vulnerability in Apache Traffic Server (ATS) 6.2.0 and prior and 7.0.0 and prior with the Host header and line folding. This can have issues when interacting with upstream proxies and the wrong host being used.

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CVE-2017-5660

core-osv · Original source

Published 27 Feb 2018, 20:29 UTC

There is a vulnerability in Apache Traffic Server (ATS) 6.2.0 and prior and 7.0.0 and prior with the Host header and line folding. This can have issues when interacting with upstream proxies and the wrong host being used.

osv:CVE-2017-5660
Complete source record
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