CVE-2005-4579 in Business Logic
Summary
by MITRE
Multiple HTTP response splitting vulnerabilities in Hitachi Business Logic - Container (BLC) P-2443-9114 01-00 through 02-06 on Windows, and P-1M43-9111 01-01 through 02-00 on AIX, allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTTP headers via unknown attack vectors in an unspecified input form.
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Analysis
by VulDB Data Team • 07/31/2017
The vulnerability identified as CVE-2005-4579 represents a critical HTTP response splitting flaw within Hitachi Business Logic Container software versions 01-00 through 02-06 on Windows platforms and 01-01 through 02-00 on AIX systems. This security weakness falls under the category of HTTP response splitting vulnerabilities, which are classified as CWE-113 in the Common Weakness Enumeration catalog. The flaw enables remote attackers to inject malicious HTTP headers into web responses, potentially leading to various sophisticated attack vectors including cross-site scripting and cache poisoning.
The technical implementation of this vulnerability stems from inadequate input validation and sanitization within the Hitachi BLC container's HTTP response handling mechanisms. When the application processes user-supplied input without proper filtering, it fails to adequately sanitize special characters that could be interpreted as HTTP header delimiters. This allows attackers to inject malicious content that gets embedded into HTTP responses, effectively splitting the response into multiple parts where the injected headers can be executed by the victim's browser or intermediary proxies.
The operational impact of this vulnerability extends beyond simple data corruption or service disruption. Attackers can exploit this flaw to perform session hijacking by injecting malicious cookies into HTTP responses, redirect users to phishing sites through manipulated Location headers, or manipulate cached content through cache poisoning attacks. The vulnerability affects both Windows and AIX platforms, indicating a widespread implementation issue within the Hitachi BLC software ecosystem. This cross-platform nature increases the attack surface and makes the vulnerability particularly dangerous for organizations running mixed environments.
From an ATT&CK framework perspective, this vulnerability maps to multiple techniques including T1566 for initial access through malicious web content and T1071 for application layer protocol usage. The vulnerability also supports T1190 for exploitation of remote services and T1213 for data from information repositories. Organizations affected by this vulnerability face significant risk of unauthorized access, data theft, and service availability issues. The unspecified input form mentioned in the description suggests that multiple attack vectors may exist, making the vulnerability particularly challenging to defend against completely.
Mitigation strategies should include immediate patching of affected systems to the latest available versions from Hitachi, implementation of strict input validation at all application entry points, and deployment of web application firewalls to detect and block suspicious HTTP header injection attempts. Network segmentation and monitoring of HTTP traffic can help detect exploitation attempts. Organizations should also conduct thorough security assessments to identify all instances of the vulnerable software and ensure proper input sanitization practices are implemented throughout their web applications. The vulnerability highlights the critical importance of proper HTTP response handling and input validation in preventing sophisticated web-based attacks.