EMC RSA Authentication Agent for Web up to 8.0.1 on IIS/Apache Cookie memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in EMC RSA Authentication Agent for Web up to 8.0.1 on IIS/Apache. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation as part of Cookie leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2018-1232. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in EMC RSA Authentication Agent for Web up to 8.0.1 on IIS/Apache and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown code. The manipulation as part of a Cookie leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

RSA Authentication Agent version 8.0.1 and earlier for Web for both IIS and Apache Web Server are impacted by a stack-based buffer overflow which may occur when handling certain malicious web cookies that have invalid formats. The attacker could exploit this vulnerability to crash the authentication agent and cause a denial-of-service situation.

The bug was discovered 03/26/2018. The weakness was shared 03/30/2018 as not defined mailinglist post (Full-Disclosure). It is possible to read the advisory at seclists.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2018-1232 since 12/06/2017. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 108889 (RSA Authentication Agent for Web for IIS 8.x < 8.0.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows and running in the context l.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (108889). The entries VDB-115260 and VDB-115261 are related to this item. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 108889
Nessus Name: RSA Authentication Agent for Web for IIS 8.x < 8.0.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 56547
OpenVAS Name: RSA Authentication Agent(IIS) Multiple Vulnerabilities
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12/06/2017 🔍
03/26/2018 +110 days 🔍
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03/31/2018 +1 days 🔍
04/06/2018 +6 days 🔍
02/24/2023 +1785 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: dellemc.com

Advisory: DSA-2018-040
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2018-1232 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-1232
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-115259
SecurityTracker: 1040577

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/31/2018 10:11
Updated: 02/24/2023 16:03
Changes: 03/31/2018 10:11 (69), 01/18/2020 12:02 (3), 02/06/2021 15:01 (2), 02/24/2023 16:03 (3)
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