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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2010.0431
Cisco IronPort Desktop Flag Plug-in for Outlook Information Disclosure
12 May 2010
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: Cisco IronPort Desktop Flag Plug-in for Outlook
Publisher: Cisco Systems
Operating System: Windows
Impact/Access: Provide Misleading Information -- Existing Account
Read-only Data Access -- Remote/Unauthenticated
Resolution: Mitigation
CVE Names: CVE-2010-1568
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Cisco Security Response: Cisco IronPort Desktop Flag Plug-in for
Outlook Information Disclosure
For Public Release 2010 May 11 1600 UTC (GMT)
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Cisco Response
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The Cisco IronPort Desktop Flag Plug-in for Outlook enables Microsoft
Outlook users to encrypt email messages via a Cisco IronPort
Encryption Appliance or Email Security Appliance. In order to cause
an email message to be encrypted, a user must click the "Send Secure"
button to securely deliver the email message.
If multiple email messages are being composed simultaneously and the
"Send Secure" button is used to send more than one of the email
messages, an error condition may occur where only the first email
message sent is successfully encrypted. The remaining email messages
sent using the "Send Secure" button will not be encrypted and may
result in the disclosure of sensitive information if intercepted by
an unauthorized party.
There is a workaround for this issue.
Below is an example image showing a Microsoft Outlook email
composition window with the Cisco Ironport Flag Plug-in for Outlook
installed. Users with no "Send Secure" icon in their Outlook client do
not have the plug-in installed and are not affected.
<<< See online version for image >>>
This response is posted at:
http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/cisco-sr-20100511-ironport.shtml
Additional Information
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Cisco IronPort Desktop Flag Plug-in for Outlook versions from 6.2.4.3
up to but not including 6.5.0-006 are affected by this issue. Cisco
IronPort is currently developing a software fix that will be
available via the Cisco IronPort support website. This Security
Response will be updated once version information for the fixed
software is available.
This issue is documented in Cisco IronPort bug 65623 and has been
assigned Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) identifier
CVE-2010-1568.
Workaround
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It is possible to mitigate this issue by ensuring that only one email
composition window is open when using the "Send Secure" button. Secure
email messages should be composed one at a time until a fixed version
of the Cisco IronPort Desktop Flag Plug-in for Outlook can be
installed.
Obtaining Fixed Software
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Cisco will update this section when fixed software is available for
download. The affected product in this security response is directly
supported by Cisco IronPort. Customers should contact Cisco IronPort
technical support at the link below to obtain software fixes. Cisco
IronPort technical support will assist customers in determining the
correct fixes and installation procedures. Customers should direct
all warranty questions to IronPort technical support.
Note: Do not contact psirt@cisco.com or security-alert@cisco.com for
software upgrades.
http://www.ironport.com/support/contact_support.html
Status of this Notice: INTERIM
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Revision History
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| Revision | | Initial |
| 1.0 | 2010-May-11 | public |
| | | release. |
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Cisco Security Procedures
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