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MIMEsweeper for Web Cross-Site Scripting and Denial of Service
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA20998
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Release Date:
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2006-07-10
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Last Update:
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2006-07-13
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Critical:
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Moderately critical
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Impact:
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Cross Site Scripting DoS
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | MIMEsweeper for Web 5.x
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| | CVE reference: | CVE-2006-3522 (Secunia mirror) CVE-2006-3523 (Secunia mirror)
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Description: Two vulnerabilities have been reported in MIMEsweeper for Web, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) and conduct cross-site scripting attacks.
1) Input passed via the URL when attempting to access blocked web sites (as defined by the MIMEsweeper policy) isn't properly sanitised before being returned to the user via an error page. This can be exploited to execute arbitrary HTML and script code in a user's browser session in context of an arbitrary blocked web site.
Example:
http://[blocked web site]/[code]
2) An error in the scanning functionality can be exploited to crash the Web Policy Engine service via a specially crafted, encrypted RAR archive.
Do you have this product installed on your home computer? Scan using the free Personal Software Inspector. Check if a vulnerable version is installed on computers in your corporate network, scan using the Network Software Inspector.
Solution: Update to version 5.1.15.
http://www.clearswift.com/support/msw/patch_MswWeb.aspx
Provided and/or discovered by: 1) Erez Metula
2) Reported by the vendor.
Changelog: 2006-07-13: Added CVE references.
Original Advisory: Clearswift:
http://download.mimesweeper.com/www/T...Documentation/WebReadMeHotfix5115.htm
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Please note: The information that this Secunia Advisory is based on comes from a third party unless stated otherwise.
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1. MIMEsweeper for Web ActiveX Filtering Bypass Vulnerability
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2. MIMEsweeper for Web Directory Traversal Vulnerability
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