PT-2007-2241 · Blue Coat Systems · Winproxy

Published 2007-02-06 · Updated 2017-07-29 · CVE-2007-0796

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Blue Coat Systems WinProxy versions 6.0 r1c through 6.1a

Description The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, potentially leading to daemon crash, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This is achieved by sending a long HTTP CONNECT request, which triggers heap corruption.

Recommendations For Blue Coat Systems WinProxy versions 6.0 r1c through 6.1a, consider restricting access to the HTTP CONNECT request until a fix is available. As a temporary workaround, limiting the length of HTTP CONNECT requests may help mitigate the risk of exploitation. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this issue.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2007-0796

Affected Products

Winproxy

References · 8

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-0796 · Security Note
• http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=471 · Vendor Advisory
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/32204 · Note
• http://osvdb.org/33097 · Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0482 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/22393 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/24049 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1017586 · Note