HTTP response splitting in RSA Authentication Manager - CVE-2018-1248

 

HTTP response splitting in RSA Authentication Manager - CVE-2018-1248

Published: May 7, 2018 / Updated: May 7, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU12370
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-1248
CWE-ID: CWE-113
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: RSA
Affected software:
RSA Authentication Manager

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information and write arbitrary files on the target system.

The weakness exists due to improper handling of HTTP requests. A remote attacker can trick the victim into opening a specially crafted URL, conduct HTTP header injection attack and poison any intermediate web caches with arbitrary content.

How to mitigate CVE-2018-1248

Update to version 8.3 P1.

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