Tableau Server Input Validation Flaw Lets Remote Authenticated Users Inject SQL Commands
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SecurityTracker Alert ID: 1029706 |
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SecurityTracker URL: http://securitytracker.com/id/1029706
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CVE Reference:
CVE-2014-1204
(Links to External Site)
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Date: Feb 1 2014
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Impact:
Disclosure of system information, Disclosure of user information, User access via network
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Fix Available: Yes Vendor Confirmed: Yes
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Version(s): 8.0.x prior to 8.0.7; 8.1.x prior to 8.1.2
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Description:
A vulnerability was reported in Tableau Server. A remote authenticated user can inject SQL commands.
The software does not properly validate user-supplied input. A remote authenticated user or a remote guest user can supply a specially crafted parameter value to execute SQL commands on the underlying database. This can be exploited to take full control of an instance of Tableau Server.
The vendor was notified on December 6, 2013.
The original advisory is available at:
https://www.trustwave.com/spiderlabs/advisories/TWSL2014-003.txt
Tanya Secker and Christiaan Esterhuizen of Trustwave SpiderLabs reported this vulnerability.
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Impact:
A remote authenticated user or remote guest user can execute SQL commands on the underlying database.
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Solution:
The vendor has issued a fix (8.0.7, 8.1.2).
The vendor's advisory is available at:
http://www.tableausoftware.com/support/releases/8.0.7
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Vendor URL: www.tableausoftware.com/ (Links to External Site)
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Cause:
Input validation error
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Underlying OS: Windows (2003), Windows (2008), Windows (2012), Windows (7), Windows (8)
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Message History:
None.
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Source Message Contents
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