IBM Websphere Edge Server HTTP Header Injection Vulnerability

BID:6001

Info

IBM Websphere Edge Server HTTP Header Injection Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 6001
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE: CVE-2002-1168
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Oct 23 2002 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 11 2009 06:06PM
Credit: Vulnerability announced in a Rapid 7 advisory.
Vulnerable: IBM WebSphere Caching Proxy Server 4.0
+ IBM WebSphere Edge Server 2.0
IBM WebSphere Caching Proxy Server 3.6
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

IBM Websphere Edge Server HTTP Header Injection Vulnerability

A vulnerability has been discovered in the Caching Proxy component bundled with the IBM Websphere Edge Server.

Due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied input it is possible for an attacker to construct a malicious link which contains arbitrary HTML and script code, which will be executed in the header of the website visited by the victim.

Attacks of this nature may make it possible for attackers to steal cookie-based authentication credentials.

Solution / Fix

IBM Websphere Edge Server HTTP Header Injection Vulnerability

Solution:
Users are advised to install Caching Proxy efix build 4.0.1.26. Users of Caching Proxy Server 3.6 are advised to contact their vendor for information about obtaining fixes.


IBM WebSphere Caching Proxy Server 4.0
  • IBM IY35139

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