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Zero Day Initiative Advisory 11-233

Zero Day Initiative Advisory 11-233
Posted Jul 8, 2011
Authored by Tipping Point | Site zerodayinitiative.com

Zero Day Initiative Advisory 11-233 - This vulnerability allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary SQL on vulnerable installations of the Symantec Web Gateway appliance. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the username parameter of POST requests to the forget.php script. The parameter is not sanitized and a remote attacker can abuse this to inject arbitrary SQL into the underlying database.

tags | advisory, remote, web, arbitrary, php
advisories | CVE-2011-0549
SHA-256 | 87203ae1cbdf2e7d69bc6bc2e98651528d00f21540ac1ec7b2898b9546e99dcb

Zero Day Initiative Advisory 11-233

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ZDI-11-233: Symantec Web Gateway forget.php SQL Injection Vulnerability

http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-11-233

July 7, 2011

-- CVE ID:
CVE-2011-0549

-- CVSS:
7.5, (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

-- Affected Vendors:
Symantec

-- Affected Products:
Symantec Web Gateway

-- TippingPoint(TM) IPS Customer Protection:
TippingPoint IPS customers have been protected against this
vulnerability by Digital Vaccine protection filter ID 11365.
For further product information on the TippingPoint IPS, visit:

http://www.tippingpoint.com

-- Vulnerability Details:
This vulnerability allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary SQL on
vulnerable installations of the Symantec Web Gateway appliance.
Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability.

The specific flaw exists within the username parameter of POST requests
to the forget.php script. The parameter is not sanitized and a remote
attacker can abuse this to inject arbitrary SQL into the underlying
database.

-- Vendor Response:
Symantec has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More
details can be found at:

http://www.symantec.com/business/security_response/securityupdates/detail.jsp?fid=security_advisory&pvid=security_advisory&year=2011&suid=20110707_00

-- Disclosure Timeline:
2011-04-01 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
2011-07-07 - Coordinated public release of advisory

-- Credit:
This vulnerability was discovered by:
* Anonymous

-- About the Zero Day Initiative (ZDI):
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a best-of-breed model for rewarding security researchers for responsibly
disclosing discovered vulnerabilities.

Researchers interested in getting paid for their security research
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used. TippingPoint does not re-sell the vulnerability details or any
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altruistic aim of helping to secure a broader user base, TippingPoint
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