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             AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution

                               ESB-2012.0915
         Installation Manager bundles the IBM Eclipse Help System
                (IEHS) which has a security vulnerability.
                             25 September 2012

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        AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product:           IBM Installation Manager
Publisher:         IBM
Operating System:  AIX
                   HP-UX
                   Linux variants
                   Solaris
                   Windows
Impact/Access:     Cross-site Scripting           -- Remote with User Interaction
                   Provide Misleading Information -- Remote with User Interaction
Resolution:        Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names:         CVE-2012-2161 CVE-2012-2159 

Reference:         ESB-2012.0801
                   ESB-2012.0693
                   ESB-2012.0530

Original Bulletin: 
   http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21611417

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Installation Manager bundles the IBM Eclipse Help System (IEHS) which has a 
security vulnerability. 

Flash (Alert)

Document information

IBM Installation Manager

General information

Software version: 1.0, 1.0.0.1, 1.0.0.2, 1.0.0.3, 1.0.0.4, 1.0.0.5, 1.1, 
1.1.0.1, 1.1.0.2, 1.1.1, 1.1.2, 1.2, 1.2.1, 1.3, 1.3.1, 1.3.2, 1.3.3, 1.3.4, 
1.3.4.1, 1.4, 1.4.1, 1.4.2, 1.4.3, 1.4.4, 1.5, 1.5.0.1, 1.5.1, 1.5.2, 1.5.3

Operating system(s): AIX, HP-UX, Linux, Solaris, Windows

Reference #: 1611417

Modified date: 2012-09-18

Abstract

IBM Installation Manager bundles the IBM Eclipse Help System (IEHS) which has
a security vulnerability. Content

VULNERABILITY DETAILS:

CVE ID: CVE-2012-2159

DESCRIPTION: Some scripts used by the help system are vulnerable to redirects
from trusted to untrusted web sites when users click a malicious link.

CVSS: CVSS Base Score: 4.3 CVSS Temporal Score: See 
http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/74832 for the current score CVSS 
Environmental Score*: Undefined CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)

CVE ID: CVE-2012-2161

DESCRIPTION: Some scripts used by the help system are vulnerable to cross-site
scripting attacks. An attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability to
collect user credentials or cookie data when users click a malicious link.

CVSS: CVSS Base Score: 4.3 CVSS Temporal Score: See 
http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/74833 for the current score CVSS 
Environmental Score*: Undefined CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)

AFFECTED PLATFORMS: Versions 1.5.3 and earlier of Installation Manager are 
affected.

REMEDIATION: The recommended solution is to upgrade Installation Manager to 
version 1.6.

FIX: See instructions for updating Installation Manager here:

http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg24032641

WORKAROUND: 1. Do not use the Graphical User Interface (GUI) 2. If using the 
GUI, do not access the online help information from Installation Manager. 
Instead, use the information center documentation hosted on the internet by 
IBM. For example: http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/install/v1r5/index.jsp

For a list of Installation Manager Information Centers, see: 
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=0&uid=swg27010911

MITIGATION: Do not access the online help information from Installation 
Manager until you upgrade to 1.6.

REFERENCES: Complete CVSS Guide: http://www.first.org/cvss/cvss-guide.html 
On-line Calculator V2: http://nvd.nist.gov/cvss.cfm?calculator&adv&version=2 
X-Force Vulnerability Database: http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/74832 
X-Force Vulnerability Database: http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/74833 
CVE-2012-2159: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-2159 
CVE-2012-2161: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-2161

RELATED INFORMATION:

IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

*The CVSS Environment Score is customer environment specific and will 
ultimately impact the Overall CVSS Score. Customers can evaluate the impact of
this vulnerability in their environments by accessing the links in the 
Reference section of this Flash.

Note: According to the Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams (FIRST),
the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) is an "industry open standard 
designed to convey vulnerability severity and help to determine urgency and 
priority of response." IBM PROVIDES THE CVSS SCORES "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY 
OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS 
FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. CUSTOMERS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ASSESSING THE IMPACT 
OF ANY ACTUAL OR POTENTIAL SECURITY VULNERABILITY.

Copyright and trademark information

IBM, the IBM logo and ibm.com are trademarks of International Business 
Machines Corp., registered in many jurisdictions worldwide. Other product and
service names might be trademarks of IBM or other companies. A current list of
IBM trademarks is available on the Web at "Copyright and trademark 
information" at www.ibm.com/legal/copytrade.shtml.

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