cisco-sa-20171115-esa: Cisco Email Security Appliance and Content Security Management Appliance HTTP Response Splitting Vulnerability

Published Nov 15, 2017
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Updated

A vulnerability in the Cisco Email Security Appliance (ESA) and Content Security Management Appliance (SMA) software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to conduct a HTTP response splitting attack.

The vulnerability is due to the failure of the application or its environment to properly sanitize input values. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by injecting malicious HTTP headers, controlling the response body, or splitting the response into multiple responses. An exploit could allow the attacker to perform cross-site scripting attacks, cross-user defacement, web cache poisoning, and similar exploits. There are no workarounds that address this vulnerability. This advisory is available at the following link: https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20171115-esa

Credit

This vulnerability was internally reported to Cisco.

Affected Software

2 affected components
Cisco Email Security Appliance
Cisco Content Security Management Appliance

Event History

Nov 15, 2017
Advisory Published
04:00 PM
Data Sourced
04:00 PM
DescriptionSeverityWeaknessAffected Software

Child vulnerabilities

Contains the following vulnerabilities.

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Frequently Asked Questions

1

What is the severity of cisco-sa-20171115-esa?

The severity of cisco-sa-20171115-esa is classified as high due to the potential for HTTP response splitting attacks.

2

How do I fix cisco-sa-20171115-esa?

To fix cisco-sa-20171115-esa, upgrade to the latest Cisco Email Security Appliance or Cisco Content Security Management Appliance firmware.

3

Who is affected by cisco-sa-20171115-esa?

Organizations using Cisco Email Security Appliance or Cisco Content Security Management Appliance are affected by cisco-sa-20171115-esa.

4

What types of attacks can cisco-sa-20171115-esa enable?

cisco-sa-20171115-esa can enable unauthenticated, remote attackers to conduct HTTP response splitting attacks.

5

What should I do if I can't update my system for cisco-sa-20171115-esa?

If you cannot update your system for cisco-sa-20171115-esa, consider implementing network segmentation and closely monitor system logs for unusual activity.

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