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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2009.1383
Symantec SecurityExpressions Cross-site Scripting and HTML Injection
8 October 2009
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: SecurityExpressions
Publisher: Symantec
Operating System: Windows 2000
Windows Server 2003
Windows XP
Impact/Access: Access Privileged Data -- Remote with User Interaction
Cross-site Scripting -- Remote with User Interaction
Unauthorised Access -- Remote with User Interaction
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names: CVE-2009-3030 CVE-2009-3029
Original Bulletin:
http://www.symantec.com/business/security_response/securityupdates/detail.jsp?fid=security_advisory&pvid=security_advisory&year=2009&suid=20091006_00
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Symantec Security Expressions Cross-site Scripting and HTML Injection
Vulnerability
SYM09-014
October 6, 2009
Description
Revision History
None
Severity
Medium
Remote Access Yes (Internal network only)
Local Access no
Authentication Required no
Exploit publicly available no
Overview
Symantecs SecurityExpressions Audit and Compliance Server is susceptible to a
cross-site scripting and HTML injection vulnerability.
Affected Product(s)
Product Version Solution(s)
SecurityExpressions Audit and 4.1 4.1.1 KB49452 Hotfix 1
Compliance Server 4.1.1
Note: Customers running versions of Symantec SecurityExpressions Audit and
Compliance Server prior to 4.1 should upgrade to the latest release and apply
all available updates.
Details
Symantec was notified of a cross-site scripting issue present in the Security
Expression Audit and Compliance Server. The console fails to properly filter/
validate external client input from users with authorized access to the
console. Error messages may be susceptible to unauthorized manipulation to
generate potentially malicious scripts being directed to unsuspecting users.
Additionally, some response error messages are not properly encoded which could
allow the potential for malicious HTML content to be injected into the returned
response to a user. These issues could result in unauthorized access to other
users sessions or to other systems on the internal network as well as
unauthorized information disclosure.
Symantec Response
Symantec product engineers have released a hot fix for these issues in affected
product versions. Symantec recommends all customers apply the latest available
update to protect against threats of this nature.
Symantec is not aware of any exploitation of or adverse customer impact from
these issues.
Symantec recommends that all customers apply Hotfix 1 as described in Symantec
KB Article 49452 to protect against potential attempts to exploit these issues.
Symantec KB Article 49452 with Hotfix 1 for affected products is available from
the following location: https://kb.altiris.com/
Mitigation
If customers are unable to move to the latest release of Symantec
SecurityExpressions Audit and Compliance Server or apply HotFix1 at this time,
Symantec recommends ensuring console access is restricted to privileged users
only until the upgrade can be applied.
Best Practices
As part of normal best practices, Symantec strongly recommends:
* Restrict access to administration or management systems to privileged
users.
* Disable remote access or restrict it to trusted/authorized systems only.
* Run under the principle of least privilege where possible to limit the
impact of exploit by threats.
* Keep all operating systems and applications updated with the latest
vendor patches.
* Follow a multi-layered approach to security. Run both firewall and
anti-malware applications, at a minimum, to provide multiple points of
detection and protection to both inbound and outbound threats.
* Deploy network and host-based intrusion detection systems to monitor
network traffic for signs of anomalous or suspicious activity. This may
aid in detection of attacks or malicious activity related to exploitation
of latent vulnerabilities
Credit
Symantec would like to thank Nate Roberts with Wipfli, LLP for reporting these
issues and coordinating with us while Symantec resolved them.
References
BID: Security Focus, http://www.securityfocus.com, has assigned a Bugtraq ID
(BID) to these issues for inclusion in the Security Focus vulnerability
database.
BID 36570 is assigned to the cross-site scripting issue
BID 36571 is assigned to the HTML Injection issue
CVE: These issues are candidates for inclusion in the CVE list
(http://cve.mitre.org), which standardizes names for security problems. The
CVE initiative has assigned
CVE-2009-3029 to the cross-site scripting issue
CVE-2009-3030 to the HTML Injection issue
Symantec takes the security and proper functionality of our products very
seriously. As founding members of the Organization for Internet Safety
(OISafety), Symantec supports and follows the OISafety responsible disclosure
guidelines. Symantec also subscribes to the vulnerability disclosure
guidelines outlined by the National Infrastructure Advisory Council (NIAC).
Please contact secure@symantec.com if you feel you have discovered a security
issue in a Symantec product. A Symantec Product Security team member will
contact you regarding your submission. Symantec strongly recommends using
encrypted email for reporting vulnerability information to
secure@symantec.com. The Symantec Product Security PGP key can be found at the
end of this message.
Symantec has developed a Product Vulnerability Response document outlining the
process we follow in addressing suspected vulnerabilities in our products.
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Last modified on: October 6, 2009
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