Re: Javascript long string detection

This seems fine to me.  do you know the vulnerable version of Safari browser?

Thanks
Ravi

On Mon, Jun 9, 2008 at 7:17 PM, Srinivasa Addepalli <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Ravi,
>
> You are right that many IDS/IPS systems don't have java script analyzers.
> Even the systems that have these analyzers will also have problems in
> detecting these kinds of attacks.
>
> One simple way is to create a signature which checks version string in
> User-Agent field  and javascript in response html data. If user agent
> version indicates vulnerable software edition and javascript is seen, this
> signature flags the administrator. Since javascript is not analyzed, there
> could be false positives; but at the minimum, it provides logs and alerts to
> administrator to take further action.
>
> Srini
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On
> Behalf Of Ravi Chunduru
> Sent: Saturday, June 07, 2008 1:55 PM
> To: Focus IDS
> Subject: Javascript long string detection
>
> Hi,
>
> I have come across this vulnerability
>
> http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2008-0729
>
> and corresponding Exploit at
>
> http://www.milw0rm.org/exploits/5268
>
> There are so many ways to create a long string in Javascript.  How do
> Network based IDS/IPS can detect these kinds of attacks?  Is it
> possible to create signatures to detect these attacks?   Many existing
> IDS/IPS devices don't have capabilities to interpret and evaluate
> javascripts. So, I would think that it is nearly impossible.  Any
> insight?
>
> Thanks
> Ravi
>
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