Apache Continuum Input Validation Hole Permits Cross-Site Scripting Attacks
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SecurityTracker Alert ID: 1025065 |
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SecurityTracker URL: http://securitytracker.com/id/1025065
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CVE Reference:
CVE-2011-0533
(Links to External Site)
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Date: Feb 10 2011
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Impact:
Disclosure of authentication information, Disclosure of user information, Execution of arbitrary code via network, Modification of user information
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Fix Available: Yes Vendor Confirmed: Yes
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Version(s): 1.3.6 and prior versions, 1.4.0 (Beta)
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Description:
A vulnerability was reported in Apache Continuum. A remote user can conduct cross-site scripting attacks.
Project pages do not properly filter HTML code from user-supplied input before displaying the input. A remote user can cause arbitrary scripting code to be executed by the target user's browser. The code will originate from the site running the Apache Continuum software and will run in the security context of that site. As a result, the code will be able to access the target user's cookies (including authentication cookies), if any, associated with the site, access data recently submitted by the target user via web form to the site, or take actions on the site acting as the target user.
Tal Be'ery of Imperva reported this vulnerability.
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Impact:
A remote user can access the target user's cookies (including authentication cookies), if any, associated with the site running the Apache Continuum software, access data recently submitted by the target user via web form to the site, or take actions on the site acting as the target user.
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Solution:
The vendor has issued a fix (1.3.7).
A patch for 1.4.0 (Beta) is also available at:
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1066056
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Vendor URL: continuum.apache.org/ (Links to External Site)
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Cause:
Input validation error
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Underlying OS:
Linux (Any), UNIX (Any), Windows (Any)
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Message History:
None.
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Source Message Contents
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Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2011 01:19:40 +1100
Subject: [SECURITY] CVE-2011-0533: Apache Continuum cross-site scripting vulnerability
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CVE-2011-0533: Apache Continuum cross-site scripting vulnerability
Severity: Important
Vendor:
The Apache Software Foundation
Versions Affected:
Continuum 1.3.6
Continuum 1.4.0 (Beta)
The unsupported versions Continuum 1.1 - 1.2.3.1 are also affected.
Description:
A request that included a specially crafted request parameter could be
used to inject arbitrary HTML or Javascript into Continuum project
pages.
Mitigation:
Continuum 1.3.6 and earlier users should upgrade to 1.3.7
Continuum 1.4.0 (Beta) users should apply the following patch:
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1066056
Credit:
This issue was discovered by Tal Be'ery of Imperva.
References:
http://continuum.apache.org/security.html
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Brett Porter
brett@apache.org
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http://au.linkedin.com/in/brettporter
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