#VU68970 HTTP response splitting in Cisco Secure Email and Web Manager and Cisco AsyncOS for Cisco Email Security Appliance - CVE-2022-20772
Published: November 4, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU68970
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: 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:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-20772
CWE-ID: CWE-113
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Cisco Secure Email and Web Manager
Cisco AsyncOS for Cisco Email Security Appliance
Cisco Secure Email and Web Manager
Cisco AsyncOS for Cisco Email Security Appliance
Software vendor:
Cisco Systems, Inc
Cisco Systems, Inc
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform HTTP splitting attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to software does not corrector 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.
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.