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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 =========================================================================== AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution ESB-2013.1533 CA20131024-01: Security Notice for CA SiteMinder 28 October 2013 =========================================================================== AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary --------------------------------- Product: CA SiteMinder Publisher: CA Operating System: Windows UNIX variants (UNIX, Linux, OSX) Impact/Access: Cross-site Scripting -- Remote with User Interaction Resolution: Mitigation CVE Names: CVE-2013-5968 Original Bulletin: https://support.ca.com/irj/portal/anonymous/phpsbpldgpg - --------------------------BEGIN INCLUDED TEXT-------------------- - -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- CA20131024-01: Security Notice for CA SiteMinder Issued: October 24, 2013 CA Technologies Support is alerting customers to a potential vulnerability in CA SiteMinder that can be mitigated by utilizing existing product functionality. The vulnerability, CVE-2013-5968, can potentially allow a remote attacker to conduct a cross-site scripting attack and execute script in the security context of the SiteMinder domain. Customers should review their SiteMinder deployments to verify that the vulnerability mitigating functionality is enabled. Risk Rating Medium Platform All platforms Affected Products CA SiteMinder 12.51 CA SiteMinder 12.5 CA SiteMinder 12.0 CA SiteMinder 6 Web Agents How to determine if the installation is affected Ensure cross-site scripting checking is enabled and the BadCSSChars setting contains the hexadecimal double quote, "%22". See the solution section for details. Solution CA Technologies support is referring customers to guidance provided in the product documentation that describes how to protect against this vulnerability. These instructions are derived from the CA SiteMinder Web Agent Configuration Guide 12.5. Review the sections titled "Protect Web Sites Against Cross-Site Scripting" and "Configure the Web Agent to Check For Cross Site-Scripting" starting on page 65 for more information. 1. Add the hexadecimal equivalent for the double quote character, "%22", to the BadCSSChars setting. Example: BadCSSChars=3D"<,>,%22" *Note: Setting BadCSSChars overrides the default cross-site scripting character set. SiteMinder administrators need to carefully review the setting to ensure all cross-site scripting characters are blocked for their specific environment. 2. Enable cross-site scripting checking by setting CSSChecking to yes. Example: CSSChecking=3D"YES" References CVE-2013-5968 - SiteMinder CSS CA20131024-01: Security Notice for CA SiteMinder https://support.ca.com/irj/portal/anonymous/phpsbpldgpg Acknowledgement CVE-2013-5968 - Zachary Pritchard, Cigital Change History Version 1.0: Initial Release If additional information is required, please contact CA Technologies Support at http://support.ca.com/ If you discover a vulnerability in CA Technologies products, please report your findings to the CA Technologies Product Vulnerability Response Team: https://support.ca.com/irj/portal/anonymous/phpsbpldgpg Regards, Kevin Kotas Director, CA Technologies Product Vulnerability Response Team Copyright (c) 2013 CA. All Rights Reserved. One CA Plaza, Islandia, N.Y. 11749. 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