CVE-2008-1544
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Mar 28, 2008
- Updated
- Aug 7, 2024
- Reserved
- Mar 28, 2008
Description
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.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
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n/an/a |
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References
- MS08-031vendor-advisory
- http://www.mindedsecurity.com/MSA02240108.html
- 29453third-party-advisory
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5291vdb-entrysignature
- ADV-2008-1778vdb-entry
- 1020226vdb-entry
- TA08-162Bthird-party-advisory
- HPSBST02344vendor-advisory
- 28379vdb-entry
- 20080321 [MSA02240108] IE7 allows overwriting of several headers leading to Http request Splitting and smuggling.mailing-list
- ADV-2008-0980vdb-entry
- 3785third-party-advisory
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