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Akamai Red Swoosh < 3333 referer Header Cross-Site Request Forgery
medium Nessus Plugin ID 33126
Synopsis
A remote Windows host contains a program that is affected by a cross-site request forgery vulnerability.Description
The remote host is running Akamai Red Swoosh client, which handles software distribution via the Swoosh network.The version of Red Swoosh installed on the remote host includes a web server that listens on the loopback interface for management commands but it fails to properly sanitize the HTTP Referer header. By tricking a user on the affected host into visiting a specially crafted web page, an attacker can leverage this issue to cause files from arbitrary URLs to be downloaded and executed on the remote host subject to the user's privileges.
Solution
Update to Red Swoosh version 3333 or later.See Also
https://secuniaresearch.flexerasoftware.com/secunia_research/2008-19/advisory/
https://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493170/30/0/threaded
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 33126
File Name: redswoosh_3333.nasl
Version: 1.13
Type: local
Agent: windows
Family: Windows
Published: 6/9/2008
Updated: 11/15/2018
Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 3.4
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.3
Temporal Score: 3.2
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Vulnerability Information
Required KB Items: SMB/Registry/Enumerated
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2008-1106
BID: 29587