Cisco Web Security Appliance CVE-2015-4198 HTTP Header Injection Vulnerability

BID:75326

Info

Cisco Web Security Appliance CVE-2015-4198 HTTP Header Injection Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 75326
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE: CVE-2015-4198
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Jun 19 2015 12:00AM
Updated: Jun 19 2015 12:00AM
Credit: Cisco
Vulnerable: Cisco Web Security Appliance 8.5.0-497
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Cisco Web Security Appliance CVE-2015-4198 HTTP Header Injection Vulnerability

Cisco Web Security Appliance is prone to an HTTP header-injection vulnerability because it fails to sufficiently sanitize user input.

A successful attack may allow attackers to insert a crafted HTTP header into an HTTP response that could cause a web page redirection to a possible malicious website; this may aid in launching further attacks.

This issue is tracked by Cisco BugId CSCuu24409.

Exploit / POC

Cisco Web Security Appliance CVE-2015-4198 HTTP Header Injection Vulnerability

An attacker can exploit this issue by enticing an unsuspecting victim to follow a malicious URI.

Solution / Fix

Cisco Web Security Appliance CVE-2015-4198 HTTP Header Injection Vulnerability

Solution:
Currently, we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

References

Cisco Web Security Appliance CVE-2015-4198 HTTP Header Injection Vulnerability

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