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Internet Explorer HTTP Request Smuggling/Splitting Vulnerabilities Advisory Available in German 

Secunia Advisory: SA29453  
Release Date: 2008-03-24
Last Update: 2008-06-10

Critical:
Less critical
Impact: Security Bypass
Cross Site Scripting
Exposure of sensitive information
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

Software:Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.x
Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.x

CVE reference:CVE-2008-1544 (Secunia mirror)
CVE-2008-1545 (Secunia mirror)

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Description:
Stefano Di Paola has reported some vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct HTTP request smuggling/splitting attacks.

The problem is that it is possible to modify certain headers via "setRequestHeader()", which can be exploited to e.g. inject arbitrary HTTP requests by setting the "Transfer-Encoding" header to "chunked" or to overwrite certain headers (e.g. "Content-Length", "Host", and "Referer").

The vulnerabilities are reported in version 7.0.5730.11. Other versions may also be affected.

Do you have this product installed on your home computer? Scan using the free Personal Software Inspector. Check if a vulnerable version is installed on computers in your corporate network, using the Network Software Inspector.

Solution:
Apply patches.

Windows 2000 SP4 with Internet Explorer 5.01 SP4:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=88990B23-D37F-4D02-A5A3-2EE389ADE53C

Windows 2000 SP4 with Internet Explorer 6 SP1:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=4C47CF8A-8100-4D43-855A-F225A3492B19

Windows XP SP2 with Internet Explorer 6:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=CC325017-3A48-4475-90E4-0C79A002FCE3

Windows XP SP3 with Internet Explorer 6:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=CC325017-3A48-4475-90E4-0C79A002FCE3

Windows XP Professional x64 Edition (optionally with SP2) and Internet Explorer 6:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=C8783CFE-9DA5-4842-AB3A-1E2BE4FAFC47

Windows Server 2003 SP1/SP2 and Internet Explorer 6:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=286AADA6-A358-41F1-B81A-8DE39B9F908A

Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition (optionally with SP2) and Internet Explorer 6:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=6604569A-3DB0-47E7-BD30-7DFBA8145386

Windows Server 2003 with SP1/SP2 for Itanium-based systems and Internet Explorer 6:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=0262BEB8-1EB5-4C2D-A50A-0C6C6E0C1F61

Windows XP SP2/SP3 and Internet Explorer 7:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=FBC31BDE-0BF5-490C-96A8-071310D9464A

Windows XP Professional x64 Edition (optionally with SP2) and Internet Explorer 7:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=19C0CCDC-95C9-4151-96B6-4F49B594EBE0

Windows Server 2003 SP1/SP2 and Internet Explorer 7:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=A1AE9AD2-8329-4C96-B950-7534B3287EAA

Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition (optionally with SP2) and Internet Explorer 7:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=FB0C70B4-CE9F-43D6-875A-3CFD0D3A2681

Windows Server 2003 with SP1/SP2 for Itanium-based systems and Internet Explorer 7:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=28D2913C-1C6B-4671-9892-DE08698CD5A6

Windows Vista (optionally with SP1) and Internet Explorer 7:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=6D68B39D-157F-4C3D-AC76-BC5A9386DB59

Windows Vista x64 Edition (optionally with SP1) and Internet Explorer 7:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=4CF92235-861E-4B74-BEE3-8E977C8688D9

Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems and Internet Explorer 7:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=A8922E7E-9264-4E09-B8AD-C5420FED8690

Windows Server 2008 for x64-based systems and Internet Explorer 7:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=05B0E838-24D7-4387-B069-2604BBCC43B9

Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based systems and Internet Explorer 7:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=640E1865-EBCC-4D69-A770-FD360020DA1E

Provided and/or discovered by:
Stefano Di Paola

Changelog:
2008-04-01: Added CVE reference.
2008-06-10: Updated "Solution" section.

Original Advisory:
MS08-031 (KB950759):
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS08-031.mspx

Stefano Di Paola:
http://www.mindedsecurity.com/MSA01240108.html
http://www.mindedsecurity.com/MSA02240108.html



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