46084 : Microsoft IE Request Header Handling Cross-domain Information Disclosure
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Timeline

Disclosure Date	Vendor Solution Date
2008-06-10	2008-06-10

Keywords

c01482941, HPSBST02344, SSRT080087

Description

<em style='font-weight:bold;'>(Description Provided by <a href="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2008-1544" target="_blank">CVE</a>)</em> : The setRequestHeader method of the XMLHttpRequest object in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01, 6, and 7 does not block dangerous HTTP request headers when certain 8-bit character sequences are appended to a header name, which allows remote attackers to (1) conduct HTTP request splitting and HTTP request smuggling attacks via an incorrect Content-Length header, (2) access arbitrary virtual hosts via a modified Host header, (3) bypass referrer restrictions via an incorrect Referer header, and (4) bypass the same-origin policy and obtain sensitive information via a crafted request header.

Classification

Attack Type: Information Disclosure
Impact: Loss of Confidentiality
Solution: Patch / RCS
Disclosure: Vendor Verified

Solution

Currently, there are no known workarounds or upgrades to correct this issue. However, Microsoft has released a patch to address this vulnerability.

Products

Unknown or Incomplete

References

CVE ID: 2008-1544 (see also: NVD)
Secunia Advisory ID: 30575
SCIP VulDB ID: 3731
Related OSVDB ID: 46083
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article: 950759
Mail List Post: http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2008-06/0165.html
News Article: http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/Microsoft-Patch-Tuesday-7/
Microsoft Security Bulletin: MS08-031

Tools & Filters

	33133

Credit

Unknown or Incomplete

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 7.1
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2008-03-31 | Disagree?

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