Broadcom Symantec Identity Manager response splitting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Broadcom Symantec Identity Manager. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. Performing a manipulation results in response splitting. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2023-23950. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. Applying a patch is the recommended action to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Broadcom Symantec Identity Manager (affected version unknown). This affects an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a response splitting vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-443. This weakness can be found at CWE-113. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

User’s supplied input (usually a CRLF sequence) can be used to split a returning response into two responses.

The weakness was shared 01/27/2023. The advisory is shared at support.broadcom.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2023-23950 since 01/19/2023. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2023-28015). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.2
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.0

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VulDB Temp Score: 6.0
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Response splitting
CWE: CWE-443 / CWE-436
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Timelineinfo

01/19/2023 🔍
01/27/2023 +8 days 🔍
01/27/2023 +0 days 🔍
10/15/2025 +992 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: support.broadcom.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-23950 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-23950
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-219549
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Entryinfo

Created: 01/27/2023 11:14
Updated: 10/15/2025 21:26
Changes: 01/27/2023 11:14 (36), 02/23/2023 08:44 (10), 10/15/2025 21:26 (15)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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