Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU80740

HTTP response splitting in IBM Security Guardium - CVE-2017-1262

Published: September 13, 2023

Vulnerability identifier: #VU80740

CSH Severity: Medium

CVSS v4: 4.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2017-1262

CWE-ID: CWE-113

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform HTTP splitting attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to software does not correclty process CRLF character sequences. A remote attacker can send specially crafted request containing CRLF sequence and make the application to send a split HTTP response.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker perform cache poisoning attack.

Affected software

IBM Security Guardium
IBM Intelligent Operations Center

How to mitigate CVE-2017-1262

Install updates from vendor's website.

IBM Intelligent Operations Center - update to 5.2.4

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