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2589477 - MIME Sniffing Vulnerability issue - "X-Content-Type-Options" is not set to "nosniff"

Symptom

"X-Content-Type-Options" is added to HTTP header of Portal. After a vulnerability test, it can be found that "X-Content-Type-Options" is not set to "nosniff". It can lead to MIME Sniffing Attacks.


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Environment

Enterprise Portal running on SAP NetWeaver Application Server for Java

Product

SAP Enterprise Portal all versions ; SAP NetWeaver Application Server for Java all versions ; SAP NetWeaver all versions

Keywords

X-Content-Type-Options, HTTP header, vulnerability, nosniff, MIME Sniffing, MIME Sniffing Attacks, XSS attacks, Cross-Site Scripting, XSS , KBA , BC-JAS-ADM-MON , Monitoring , BC-JAS-SEC-WSS , Web Services Security , BC-JAS-WEB , Web Container, HTTP, JavaMail, Servlets , EPM-BFC-TCL-ADM , Administration , Problem

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