CVE-2011-1718

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Summary

CVECVE-2011-1718
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2011-04-27 01:25:33 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionThe Web Agents component in CA SiteMinder R6 before SP6 CR2 and R12 before SP3 CR2 does not properly handle multi-line headers, which allows remote authenticated users to conduct impersonation attacks and gain privileges via crafted data.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.3 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-20 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Broadcom Siteminder 12.0 sp3 cr01 All
Application Ca Siteminder 6 sp5_cr35 All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
error - ecx_site - ECX af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.ca.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
CA SiteMinder Header Processing Lets Remote Users Impersonate Other Users - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com
CA SiteMinder Web Agents User Impersonation Vulnerability - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Computer Associates SiteMinder User Impersonation Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
CXSecurity - IDS af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securityreason.com
404 Not Found MITRE support.ca.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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