CVE-2006-0515

Public Exploit

Description

Cisco PIX/ASA 7.1.x before 7.1(2) and 7.0.x before 7.0(5), PIX 6.3.x before 6.3.5(112), and FWSM 2.3.x before 2.3(4) and 3.x before 3.1(7), when used with Websense/N2H2, allows remote attackers to bypass HTTP access restrictions by splitting the GET method of an HTTP request into multiple packets, which prevents the request from being sent to Websense for inspection, aka bugs CSCsc67612, CSCsc68472, and CSCsd81734.

7.5

CVSS

Severity: High

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 4.36% Top 15%

Vendor Advisory cisco.com Vendor Advisory vsecurity.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-May/045899.html	mailing list
http://www.osvdb.org/25453	vdb entry
http://www.vsecurity.com/bulletins/advisories/2006/cisco-websense-bypass.txt	patch vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/20044	third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17883	vdb entry exploit
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1738	vdb entry
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/sw/netmgtsw/ps2032/tsd_products_security_response09186a00806824ec.html	vendor advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016040	vdb entry
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016039	vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/433270/100/0/threaded	mailing list
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26308	vdb entry

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2006-0515?: CVE-2006-0515 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2006-0515?: To fix CVE-2006-0515, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2006-0515 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2006-0515 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~4% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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