PT-2012-1357 · Websense · Websense Web Security/Web Filter

Published 2012-08-23 · Updated 2017-08-29 · CVE-2010-5145

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.3

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Websense Web Security and Web Filter versions prior to 6.3.1 Hotfix 136 Websense Web Security and Web Filter versions 7.x prior to 7.1.1

Description The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in a filtering outage, by sending a crafted sequence of characters in a URI.

Recommendations For versions prior to 6.3.1 Hotfix 136, update to version 6.3.1 Hotfix 136 or later. For versions 7.x prior to 7.1.1, update to version 7.1.1 or later.

Fix

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2010-5145

Affected Products

Websense Web Security/Web Filter

References · 4

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-5145 · Security Note
• http://websense.com/content/support/library/web/v711/ws711_known_issues/ws711_known_issues.pdf · Vendor Advisory
• http://websense.com/content/support/library/web/v711/ws711_known_issues/first.aspx · Vendor Advisory
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78345 · Note