VMware vCenter Server 6.0 Header crlf injection

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in VMware vCenter Server 6.0. This affects an unknown part of the component Header Handler. This manipulation of the argument Server causes crlf injection. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2016-5331. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. Applying a patch is the recommended action to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in VMware vCenter Server 6.0 (Server Management Software). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing of the component Header Handler. The manipulation of the argument Server with an unknown input leads to a crlf injection vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-93. The product uses CRLF (carriage return line feeds) as a special element, e.g. to separate lines or records, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes CRLF sequences from inputs. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

CRLF injection vulnerability in VMware vCenter Server 6.0 before U2 and ESXi 6.0 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTTP headers and conduct HTTP response splitting attacks via unspecified vectors.

The weakness was published 08/04/2016 by Vladimir Ivanov, Andrey Evlanin, Mikhail Stepankin, Artem Kondratenko, Arseniy Sharoglazov, Matt Foster, Matthias Deeg, Eva Esteban Molina and Ammarit Thongthua with Positive Technologies as VMSA-2016-0010 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at vmware.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2016-5331 since 06/07/2016. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 92870 (VMware vCenter Server 6.0.x < 6.0u2 Unspecified HTTP Header Injection (VMSA-2016-0010)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Misc. and running in the context r. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 216109 (VMware ESXi 6.0 Patch Release ESXi600-201603102-SG Missing (KB 2142184)).

Applying the patch 6.0 U2 is able to eliminate this problem. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (92870), SecurityFocus (BID 92324†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1036543†). Similar entries are available at VDB-90566, VDB-90567 and VDB-90568. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Crlf injection
CWE: CWE-93 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Nessus ID: 92870
Nessus Name: VMware vCenter Server 6.0.x < 6.0u2 Unspecified HTTP Header Injection (VMSA-2016-0010)
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OpenVAS ID: 103917
OpenVAS Name: VMSA-2016-0010 (vCenter) VMware product updates address multiple important security issues (remote active check)
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Patch: 6.0 U2

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08/04/2016 +58 days 🔍
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08/05/2016 +1 days 🔍
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03/21/2019 +952 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: vmware.com

Advisory: VMSA-2016-0010
Researcher: Vladimir Ivanov, Andrey Evlanin, Mikhail Stepankin, Artem Kondratenko, Arseniy Sharoglazov, Matt Foster, Matthias Deeg, Eva Esteban Molina, Ammarit Thongthua
Organization: Positive Technologies
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2016-5331 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-5331
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-90565
SecurityFocus: 92324 - VMware vCenter Server and ESXi CVE-2016-5331 HTTP Header Injection Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1036543

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20060413
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Entryinfo

Created: 08/08/2016 09:01
Updated: 03/21/2019 08:55
Changes: 08/08/2016 09:01 (62), 03/21/2019 08:55 (25)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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