CVE-2020-3246 Cisco Umbrella Carriage Return Line Feed Injection Vulnerability

Medium 4.7 Published Updated

An attacker can inject arbitrary HTTP headers into responses via a crafted URL, potentially bypassing security controls in Cisco Umbrella.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
A user has to click or open something
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2020-3246?

CVE-2020-3246 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Umbrella, published on 6 May 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

A vulnerability in the web server of Cisco Umbrella could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to perform a carriage return line feed (CRLF) injection attack against a user of an affected service. The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user input. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by persuading a user to access a crafted URL. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to inject arbitrary HTTP headers into valid HTTP responses sent to the browser of the user.

Weakness: CWE-74, CWE-93

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-3246?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Cisco Umbrella.

How do I fix CVE-2020-3246?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-3246 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2020-3246 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-3246 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-j53q-vx25-fmqm.

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