CVE-2016-10517: redislabs redis 7PK - Security Features

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2016-10517 is a high (CVSS 7.4) 7PK - Security Features vulnerability in redislabs redis. EPSS estimates a 2.15% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 81.7% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 24-10-2017
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 06-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

networking.c in Redis before 3.2.7 allows "Cross Protocol Scripting" because it lacks a check for POST and Host: strings, which are not valid in the Redis protocol (but commonly occur when an attack triggers an HTTP request to the Redis TCP port).

• CWE-2547PK - Security FeaturesSoftware security is not security software. Here we're concerned with topics like authentication, access control, confidentiality, cryptography, and privilege management.