PT-2012-1268 · Websense · Websense Enterprise

Published 2012-08-23 · Updated 2017-08-29 · CVE-2008-7312

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Websense Enterprise versions 5.2 through 6.3

Description The issue allows remote attackers to bypass filtering via an HTTP request. This is because the Filtering Service does not consider the IP address during URL categorization. For example, a request to a compromised server associated with a specific IP address can be used to demonstrate this bypass.

Recommendations For Websense Enterprise versions 5.2 through 6.3, consider restricting access to the Filtering Service until a patch is available. As a temporary workaround, restrict the use of HTTP requests to minimize the risk of exploitation. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this issue.

Fix

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-7312

Affected Products

Websense Enterprise

References · 3

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-7312 · Security Note
• http://websense.com/support/article/t-kbarticle/Why-doesn-t-my-Websense-installation-categorize-URLs-and-Permit-Block-in-accordance-with-the-Site-Lookup-Tool-s-categorization · Vendor Advisory
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78299 · Note