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CVE-2017-12309 Detail

Description

A vulnerability in the Cisco Email Security Appliance (ESA) 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. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvf16705.


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Hyperlink Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101928 Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101928 Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039831 Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039831 Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20171115-esa Vendor Advisory 
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20171115-esa Vendor Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-113 Improper Neutralization of CRLF Sequences in HTTP Headers ('HTTP Request/Response Splitting') cwe source acceptance level NIST   Cisco Systems, Inc.  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2017-12309
NVD Published Date:
11/16/2017
NVD Last Modified:
11/20/2024
Source:
Cisco Systems, Inc.