Check Point Advisories

Matt Wright FormMail Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities (CVE-2009-1776; CVE-2009-1777)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2015-1082
Date Published: 6 Sep 2015
Severity: Medium
Last Updated: Thursday 15 October, 2015
Source:
Industry Reference:CVE-2009-1776
CVE-2009-1777
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable? FormMail 1.92 and prior
Vulnerability Description FormMail is prone to an HTTP-response-splitting vulnerability and multiple cross-site scripting vulnerabilities because it fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input. An attacker may leverage these issues to execute arbitrary script code in the browser of an unsuspecting user, steal cookie-based authentication credentials, and influence how web content is served, cached, or interpreted. This could aid in various attacks that try to entice client users into a false sense of trust.

Protection Overview

This protection will detect and block attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R80 / R77 / R75

  1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Matt Wright FormMail Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
  2. Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name:  SharePoint Enforcement Violation.
Attack Information:  Matt Wright FormMail Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities

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