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Internet Explorer "DisableCachingOfSSLPages" Weakness
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA30145
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Release Date:
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2008-05-12
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Last Update:
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2008-05-13
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Popularity:
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6,552 views
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Critical:
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Not critical
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Impact:
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Security Bypass
Exposure of sensitive information
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Where:
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Local system
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Solution Status:
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Unpatched
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| Software: | Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2008-2159
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Description:
A weakness has been reported in Internet Explorer, which may result in potentially sensitive information being inadvertently saved on a system.
Internet Explorer supports the "DisableCachingOfSSLPages" option, which is supposed to prevent encrypted web pages from being saved to disk. However, an error may result in encrypted web pages being cached regardless of the setting being enabled or not.
Solution:
Do not rely on the "DisableCachingOfSSLPages" option.
Provided and/or discovered by:
Bill Knox, MITRE.
Changelog:
2008-05-13: Added CVE reference.
Original Advisory:
US-CERT VU#468843:
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/468843
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