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Advisory: Adobe LiveCycle Workflow XSS Vulnerability

Summary

Name: Adobe LiveCycle Workflow XSS Vulnerability
Release Date: 11 March 2008
Reference: LSD002-2008
CVE Number: CVE-2008-1202
Discover: Dave Lewis
Vendor: Adobe Systems
Product: LiveCycle Workflow 6.2 Management Web Interface
Systems Affected: version 6.2 (as tested)
NB. Other versions may be affected.

Risk: Important
Status: Published
Reference:
1) http://www.liquidmatrix.org/blog/2008/03/11/advisory-adobe-…ility/
2) http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb08-10.html

Time Line

Discovered: 16 January 2008
Reported: 16 January 2008
Fixed: 5 March 2008
Patch Release: 11 March 2008
Published: 11 March 2008

Description

The Adobe LiveCycle Workflow management login page contains a vulnerability which is susceptible to a cross site scripting (XSS) attack.

Impact: a remote attacker could execute a XSS attack that could pass arbitrary html to the user and capture usernames/passwords.

Technical Details

Input passed to the URL of the web management login page is not properly sanitized before being returned to the user. This can be exploited to execute arbitrary HTML and script code in a user’s browser session in context of an affected site.

Fix Information

This issue has been resolved.

The patch may be obtained from:

http://www.adobe.com/go/supportportal

Notes

I would like to thank the Adobe team for their attention to this problem and for their professionalism.

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Advisory: Tripwire Enterprise XSS Vulnerability

Summary

Name: Tripwire Enterprise/Server XSS Vulnerability
Release Date: 29 January 2008
Reference: LSD001-2008
Discover: Dave Lewis
Vendor: Tripwire
Product: Tripwire Enterprise/Server Management Web Interface
Systems Affected: version 7.0 (as tested)
NB. Earlier versions are affected as well. Please upgrade.

Risk: Less Critical
Status: Published
Reference:
http://www.liquidmatrix.org/blog/2008/01/29/advisory-tripwire-…ility/

Description

The Tripwire Enterprise management login page contains a vulnerability which is susceptible to a cross site scripting (XSS) attack.

Impact: a remote attacker could execute a XSS attack that could pass arbitrary html to the user.

Technical Details

Input passed to the URL of the web management login page is not properly sanitized before being returned to the user. This can be exploited to execute arbitrary HTML and script code in a user’s browser session in context of an affected site.

Fix Information

This issue has been resolved.

The patch may be obtained from:

http://www.tripwire.com (Patch 866 “te-7.0.0.866_patch.zip”)

Notes

I would like to thank the Tripwire team for their professionalism. I should note that the release of this advisory does not in any way negatively alter my view that Tripwire is a great audit and control suite.

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Advisory: Tripwire Enterprise XSS Vulnerability

Whoops…my bad. The correct link is here:

http://www.liquidmatrix.org/blog/2008/01/29/advisory-tripwire…ility/

Advisory: Websense XSS Vulnerability

Summary

Name: Websense XSS Vulnerability
Release Date: 10 December 2007
Reference: LSD002-2007
Discover: Dave Lewis
CVE: Pending
Vendor: Websense
Product: Websense Enterprise and Websense Web Security Suite
Systems Affected: version 6.3 (as tested)

Risk: Less Critical
Status: Published
Reference:
http://www.liquidmatrix.org/blog/2007/12/10/advisory-websense-xss-vulnerability/

Time Line

Discovered: 8 November 2007
Reported: 8 November 2007
Fixed: 21 November 2007
Patch Release: 21 November 2007
Published: 10 December 2007

Description

Websense Enterprise and Websense Web Security Suite contain a vulnerability in the login page is susceptible to a cross site scripting (XSS) attack.

Impact: a remote attacker could execute a XSS attack that could pass arbitrary html to the user.

Technical Details

Input passed to the “username” field of the logon page is not properly sanitized before being returned to the user. This can be exploited to execute arbitrary HTML and script code in a user’s browser session in context of an affected site.

Fix Information

This issue has now been resolved.

The patch may be obtained from:

http://www.websense.com (Hotfix #80)

Knowledge Base #1840
http://www.websense.com/SupportPortal/SupportKbs/1840.aspx

Notes

I would like to thank Dan and the rest of the Websense team for their professionalism. I should note that the release of this advisory was delayed due simply to an errant email.

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Advisory: Cross Site Scripting in CiscoWorks

Summary

Name: Cross Site Scripting in CiscoWorks
Release Date: 05 December 2007
Reference: LSD001-2007
Discover: Dave Lewis
CVE Number: CVE-2007-5582
Vendor: Cisco
Systems Affected: CiscoWorks version 2.6 (as tested)
All prior builds are affected

Risk: Medium
Status: Published (Vendor Confirmed, Patch Available)

Description

The initial CiscoWorks login page is susceptible to XSS attack.

Impact: attackers could execute XSS attacks that can harvest session cookies and username/passwords.

TimeLine

Discovered: 20 August 2007
Reported: 24 September 2007
Fixed: 5 November 2007
Patch Release: 5 December 2007
Published: 5 December 2007

Technical Details

The application allows users to perform certain actions via HTTP requests without performing any validity checks to verify the request. Input is not properly sanitised before being returned to the user. This can be exploited to execute arbitrary HTML and script code in a user’s browser session.

Fix Information

This issue has now been resolved.

The patch may be obtained from:

http://www.cisco.com

Cisco Advisory
http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/cisco-sr-20071205-cw.shtml

I would like to thank Cisco for their prompt and professional response to this issue.

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