Akamai Red Swoosh < 3333 referer Header Cross-Site Request Forgery

medium Nessus Plugin ID 33126

Synopsis

A remote Windows host contains a program that is affected by a cross-site request forgery vulnerability.

Description

The remote host is running Akamai Red Swoosh client, which handles software distribution via the Swoosh network.

The version of Red Swoosh installed on the remote host includes a web server that listens on the loopback interface for management commands but it fails to properly sanitize the HTTP Referer header. By tricking a user on the affected host into visiting a specially crafted web page, an attacker can leverage this issue to cause files from arbitrary URLs to be downloaded and executed on the remote host subject to the user's privileges.

Solution

Update to Red Swoosh version 3333 or later.

See Also

https://secuniaresearch.flexerasoftware.com/secunia_research/2008-19/advisory/

https://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493170/30/0/threaded

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 33126

File Name: redswoosh_3333.nasl

Version: 1.13

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 6/9/2008

Updated: 11/15/2018

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Vulnerability Information

Required KB Items: SMB/Registry/Enumerated

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-1106

BID: 29587

CWE: 287, 352

Secunia: 30135