CA Host-Based Intrusion Prevention System (HIPS) cross-site scripting
| ca-hips-log-xss (37285) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
Computer Associates (CA) Host-Based Intrusion Prevention System (HIPS) is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input passed to the server log files. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using specially-crafted HTTP requests to inject malicious script into the server log which would be executed in a victim's Web browser within the security context of the hosting Web site, once the log is viewed. An attacker could use this vulnerability to steal the victim's authentication credentials, which could be used to perform unauthorized administrative actions on the system.
Platforms Affected:
- CA, Host-Based Intrusion Prevention System 8
Remedy:
Apply the patch for this vulnerability (QO91494), available from the CA SupportConnect Web site. See References.
Consequences:
Gain Access
References:
- CA SupportConnect Web site, Security Notice for CA Host-Based Intrusion Prevention System (CA HIPS) Server at http://supportconnectw.ca.com/public/cahips/infodocs/cahips-secnotice.asp.
- CAID 35754, CA Host-Based Intrusion Prevention System privilege elevation vulnerability at http://www.ca.com/us/securityadvisor/vulninfo/vuln.aspx?id=35754.
- BID-26134: Computer Associates Host-Based Intrusion Prevention System Server HTML Injection Vulnerability
- CVE-2007-5472: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Server component in CA Host-Based Intrusion Prevention System (HIPS) before 8.0.0.93 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via requests that are written to logs for later display in the log viewer.
- FrSIRT/ADV-2007-3547: CA Host-Based Intrusion Prevention System Remote Log Content Injection
- SA27301: CA Host-Based Intrusion Prevention System Server Script Insertion
- SECTRACK ID: 1018839: CA Host-Based Intrusion Prevention System Input Validation Hole Permits Script Injection Attacks
Reported:
Oct 19, 2007
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