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Check Point VPN-1 UTM Edge Cross-Site Request Forgery Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA25853
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Release Date:
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2007-06-27
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Last Update:
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2007-07-04
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Popularity:
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3,649 views
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Critical:
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Less critical
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Impact:
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Cross Site Scripting
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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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| OS: | Check Point VPN-1 UTM Edge
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2007-3489
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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in Check Point VPN-1 UTM Edge, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site request forgery attacks.
The vulnerability is caused due to the device management interface allowing users to perform certain actions via HTTP requests without performing any validity checks to verify the request. This can be exploited to e.g. to add users or change the administrator's password by enticing a logged-in administrator to visit a malicious site.
This may be similar to:
SA25822
The vulnerability is reported in Checkpoint VPN-1 Edge X with Embedded NGX version 7.0.33.
Solution:
Update to the latest version.
Provided and/or discovered by:
Henri Lindberg and Jussi Vuokko, Louhi Networks Oy
Changelog:
2007-07-04: Added CVE reference.
Original Advisory:
http://www.louhi.fi/advisory/checkpoint_070626.txt
Other References:
SA25822:
http://secunia.com/advisories/25822/
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