medium4.3
CVE-2008-1545
The setRequestHeader method of the XMLHttpRequest object in Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 does not restrict the dangerous Transfer-Encoding HTTP request header…
Impact
The setRequestHeader method of the XMLHttpRequest object in Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 does not restrict the dangerous Transfer-Encoding HTTP request header, which allows remote attackers to conduct HTTP request splitting and HTTP request smuggling attacks via a POST containing a "Transfer-Encoding: chunked" header and a request body with an incorrect chunk size.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Microsoft | Internet Explorer | Versions 7.0, 7.0.5730.11 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29453
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3786
- http://www.mindedsecurity.com/MSA01240108.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489960/100/0/threaded
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0980
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42804
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29453
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3786
- http://www.mindedsecurity.com/MSA01240108.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489960/100/0/threaded
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0980
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42804