CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2020-3561

Improper Neutralization of CRLF Sequences ('CRLF Injection')

Published: Oct 21, 2020 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
4.7
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N
CVSS 2.x
4.3 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

A vulnerability in the Clientless SSL VPN (WebVPN) of Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to inject arbitrary HTTP headers in the responses of the affected system. The vulnerability is due to improper input sanitization. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by persuading a user of the interface to click a crafted link. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to conduct a CRLF injection attack, adding arbitrary HTTP headers in the responses of the system and redirecting the user to arbitrary websites.

Weakness

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.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Adaptive_security_appliance Cisco * 9.6.4.35 (excluding)
Firepower_threat_defense Cisco * 6.3.0.6 (excluding)
Firepower_threat_defense Cisco 6.4.0 (including) 6.4.0.10 (excluding)
Firepower_threat_defense Cisco 6.5.0 (including) 6.5.0.5 (excluding)
Firepower_threat_defense Cisco 6.6.0 (including) 6.6.1 (excluding)
Adaptive_security_appliance_software Cisco 9.8.0 (including) 9.8.4.20 (excluding)
Adaptive_security_appliance_software Cisco 9.9.0 (including) 9.9.2.80 (excluding)
Adaptive_security_appliance_software Cisco 9.10.0 (including) 9.10.1.43 (excluding)
Adaptive_security_appliance_software Cisco 9.12.0 (including) 9.12.3.9 (excluding)
Adaptive_security_appliance_software Cisco 9.13.0 (including) 9.13.1.10 (excluding)
Adaptive_security_appliance_software Cisco 9.14.0 (including) 9.14.1.10 (excluding)

Potential Mitigations

References