OSVDB ID: 85093

Title: Websense Web Security / Web Filter Filtering Service Malformed URI Parsing Remote DoS (2009-5132)

Info

Disclosure
Sep 18, 2008

Discovery
Unknown

Dates

Exploit
Unknown

Solution
Unknown

Description

 Websense Web Security and Web Filter contain a flaw that may allow a remote denial of service. The issue is triggered when the filtering service fails to properly parse a malformed URI, and will result in loss of availability for the program.

Classification

 Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Denial of Service
Impact: Loss of Availability
Solution: Upgrade
Exploit: Exploit Unknown
Disclosure: Vendor Verified
OSVDB: Security Software

Solution

 Upgrade to version 6.3.1 Hotfix 106 or 7.1 or higher, as they have been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

Websense, Inc.

Web Security

 6.3.0
6.3.1
7.0

Web Filter

 7.0
6.3.1

References

Credit

Unknown or Incomplete


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