ubuntu-cve-2015-7519
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2016-01-08 19:59
Modified
2025-07-16 04:50
Summary
Details

agent/Core/Controller/SendRequest.cpp in Phusion Passenger before 4.0.60 and 5.0.x before 5.0.22, when used in Apache integration mode or in standalone mode without a filtering proxy, allows remote attackers to spoof headers passed to applications by using an _ (underscore) character instead of a - (dash) character in an HTTP header, as demonstrated by an X_User header.

Severity
3.7 (Low)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "libapache2-mod-passenger",
            "binary_version": "5.0.22-1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libapache2-mod-passenger-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "5.0.22-1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "passenger",
            "binary_version": "5.0.22-1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "passenger-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "5.0.22-1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "passenger-doc",
            "binary_version": "5.0.22-1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "ruby-passenger",
            "binary_version": "5.0.22-1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "ruby-passenger-doc",
            "binary_version": "5.0.22-1"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:16.04:LTS",
        "name": "passenger",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/passenger@5.0.22-1?arch=source\u0026distro=xenial"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "5.0.22-1"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "5.0.7-3"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "agent/Core/Controller/SendRequest.cpp in Phusion Passenger before 4.0.60 and 5.0.x before 5.0.22, when used in Apache integration mode or in standalone mode without a filtering proxy, allows remote attackers to spoof headers passed to applications by using an _ (underscore) character instead of a - (dash) character in an HTTP header, as demonstrated by an X_User header.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2015-7519",
  "modified": "2025-07-16T04:50:56Z",
  "published": "2016-01-08T19:59:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-7519"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=956281"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://github.com/phusion/passenger/commit/ddb8ecc4ebf260e4967f57f271d4f5761abeac3e"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-7519"
    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2015-7519"
  ],
  "withdrawn": "2025-07-18T16:43:17Z"
}



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