{ "CVE_data_meta" : { "ASSIGNER" : "cve@mitre.org", "ID" : "CVE-2008-1544", "STATE" : "PUBLIC" }, "affects" : { "vendor" : { "vendor_data" : [ { "product" : { "product_data" : [ { "product_name" : "n/a", "version" : { "version_data" : [ { "version_value" : "n/a" } ] } } ] }, "vendor_name" : "n/a" } ] } }, "data_format" : "MITRE", "data_type" : "CVE", "data_version" : "4.0", "description" : { "description_data" : [ { "lang" : "eng", "value" : "The setRequestHeader method of the XMLHttpRequest object in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01, 6, and 7 does not block dangerous HTTP request headers when certain 8-bit character sequences are appended to a header name, which allows remote attackers to (1) conduct HTTP request splitting and HTTP request smuggling attacks via an incorrect Content-Length header, (2) access arbitrary virtual hosts via a modified Host header, (3) bypass referrer restrictions via an incorrect Referer header, and (4) bypass the same-origin policy and obtain sensitive information via a crafted request header." } ] }, "problemtype" : { "problemtype_data" : [ { "description" : [ { "lang" : "eng", "value" : "n/a" } ] } ] }, "references" : { "reference_data" : [ { "name" : "20080321 [MSA02240108] IE7 allows overwriting of several headers leading to Http request Splitting and smuggling.", "refsource" : "BUGTRAQ", "url" : "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489954/100/0/threaded" }, { "name" : "http://www.mindedsecurity.com/MSA02240108.html", "refsource" : "MISC", "url" : "http://www.mindedsecurity.com/MSA02240108.html" }, { "name" : "HPSBST02344", "refsource" : "HP", "url" : "http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=121380194923597&w=2" }, { "name" : "SSRT080087", "refsource" : "HP", "url" : "http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=121380194923597&w=2" }, { "name" : "MS08-031", "refsource" : "MS", "url" : "https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-031" }, { "name" : "TA08-162B", "refsource" : "CERT", "url" : "http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-162B.html" }, { "name" : "28379", "refsource" : "BID", "url" : "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28379" }, { "name" : "oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5291", "refsource" : "OVAL", "url" : "https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5291" }, { "name" : "ADV-2008-0980", "refsource" : "VUPEN", "url" : "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0980" }, { "name" : "ADV-2008-1778", "refsource" : "VUPEN", "url" : "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1778" }, { "name" : "1020226", "refsource" : "SECTRACK", "url" : "http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020226" }, { "name" : "29453", "refsource" : "SECUNIA", "url" : "http://secunia.com/advisories/29453" }, { "name" : "3785", "refsource" : "SREASON", "url" : "http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3785" } ] } }