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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2012.1131
ESA-2012-052: RSA NetWitness Informer Cross-Site Request
Forgery and Click-jacking Vulnerabilities
4 December 2012
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: RSA NetWitness Informer
Publisher: EMC
Operating System: Network Appliance
Windows XP
Windows Vista
Windows Server 2003
Impact/Access: Cross-site Request Forgery -- Remote with User Interaction
Provide Misleading Information -- Remote with User Interaction
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names: CVE-2012-4609 CVE-2012-4608
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ESA-2012-052: RSA NetWitness Informer Cross-Site Request Forgery and
Click-jacking Vulnerabilities
EMC Identifier: ESA-2012-052
CVE Identifier: CVE-2012-4608
CVE Identifier: CVE-2012-4609
Severity Rating: CVSS v2 Base Score: 6. 8 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Affected Products:
RSA NetWitness Informer versions prior 2.0.5.6
Vulnerability Summary:
RSA NetWitness Informer web interface is susceptible to vulnerabilities that
could be potentially exploited by malicious users to compromise the affected
systems.
Vulnerability Details:
RSA NetWitness Informer web interface is susceptible to cross-site request
forgery (CVE-2012-4608) and click-jacking (CVE-2012-4609) vulnerabilities.
These vulnerabilities could be potentially exploited by malicious people by
tricking an authenticated user to click on specially-crafted links. This may
lead to execution of malicious html requests or scripts in the context of the
authenticated user.
Problem Resolution:
It is recommended that the Informer patch (v2.0.5.6) is downloaded from SCOL
and installed as soon as possible.
Severity Rating:
For an explanation of Severity Ratings, refer to the Knowledge Base Article,
Security Advisories Severity Rating at
https://knowledge.rsasecurity.com/scolcms/knowledge.aspx?solution=a46604. RSA
recommends all customers take into account both the base score and any
relevant temporal and environmental scores which may impact the potential
severity associated with particular security vulnerability.
Obtaining Documentation:
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menu. Select the specific product whose documentation you want to obtain.
Scroll to the section for the product version that you want and click the set
link.
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For more information about RSA SecurID, visit the RSA web site at
http://www.rsa.com/node.aspx?id=1156.
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SecurCare Note. For contact telephone numbers or e-mail addresses, log on to
RSA SecurCare Online at https://knowledge.rsasecurity.com, click Help &
Contact, and then click the Contact Us - Phone tab or the Contact Us - Email
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General Customer Support Information:
http://www.rsa.com/node.aspx?id=1264
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