IronPort AsyncOS Spam Quarantine Login Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	35203
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:	CVE-2009-1162
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Jun 03 2009 12:00AM
Updated:	Jun 04 2009 03:59PM
Credit:	Anonymous
Vulnerable:	Cisco IronPort AsyncOS 6.5.1
Not Vulnerable:	Cisco IronPort AsyncOS 6.5.2

IronPort AsyncOS Spam Quarantine Login Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

IronPort AsyncOS is prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability because it fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input.

An attacker may leverage this issue to execute arbitrary script code in the browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the affected site. This may allow the attacker to steal cookie-based authentication credentials and to launch other attacks.

IronPort series C, M, and X appliances running versions prior to AsyncOS 6.5.2 are vulnerable.

IronPort AsyncOS Spam Quarantine Login Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Attackers can exploit this issue by enticing an unsuspecting user to follow a malicious URI.

IronPort AsyncOS Spam Quarantine Login Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has released an update. Please see the references for details.

IronPort AsyncOS Spam Quarantine Login Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

References:

• IronPort Email and Web Security Homepage (Cisco)
  
• Cisco IronPort AsyncOS Spam Quarantine Login Page Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabi (Cisco)