SB2022110408 - HTTP response splitting in Cisco Email Security Appliance 



SB2022110408 - HTTP response splitting in Cisco Email Security Appliance

Published: November 4, 2022

Security Bulletin ID SB2022110408
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Data manipulation

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) HTTP response splitting (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-20772)

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 update from vendor's website.