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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2012.1190
Security Bulletin: IBM Lotus Foundation Multiple Cross Site
Scripting (CVE-2012-4848)
14 December 2012
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: IBM Lotus Foundation
Publisher: IBM
Operating System: Linux variants
Impact/Access: Cross-site Scripting -- Remote with User Interaction
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names: CVE-2012-4848
Original Bulletin:
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21620319
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Security Bulletin: IBM Lotus Foundation Multiple Cross Site Scripting
(CVE-2012-4848)
Flash (Alert)
Document information
Lotus Foundations Start
Software version:
1.2
Operating system(s):
Linux
Software edition:
All Editions
Reference #:
1620319
Modified date:
2012-12-12
Abstract
Persistent/Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS). A common user can launch XSS
attack using any fields (First Name, Last Name and others). This XSS is
executed in any logged-in user context, including admin.
Content
VULNERABILITY DETAILS:
CVE ID: CVE-2012-4848
DESCRIPTION: Cross-Site Scripting attack can be done using any of the user
attribute fields displayed on the "Users" page in Webconfig. Exploiting the
HTML-injection issue allows an attacker to execute HTML and Java Script code
in the remote user context to steal cookie-based authentication credentials
or to control how the site is rendered to the user; other attacks may also be
possible.
CVSS:
CVSS Base Score: 3.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/79537 for the
current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N)
AFFECTED PRODUCTS:
Systems running Lotus Foundations 1.2.2b or earlier:
Lotus Foundations Start 1.2
REMEDIATION:
Upgrade the Lotus Foundations operating system to version 1.2.2c or later.
For instructions on how to upgrade your system, please see: Migrate the IBM
Lotus Foundations core
Workaround(s):
None known
Mitigation(s):
None known
REFERENCES:
Complete CVSS Guide
On-line Calculator V2
X-Force Vulnerability Database
CVE-2012-4848
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT:
This vulnerability was reported to IBM by Ewerson Guimaraes of DcLabs
Security Research Group.
CHANGE HISTORY:
12 December 2012: Original copy published
*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
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OF ANY ACTUAL OR POTENTIAL SECURITY VULNERABILITY.
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