National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2009-1635
Original release date:05/22/2009
Last revised:06/09/2009
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the WebAccess component in Novell GroupWise 7.x before 7.03 HP3 and 8.x before 8.0 HP2 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) the User.lang parameter to the login page (aka gw/webacc), (2) style expressions in a message that contains an HTML file, or (3) vectors associated with incorrect protection mechanisms against scripting, as demonstrated using whitespace between JavaScript event names and values.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
2.9
Exploitability Subscore:
8.6
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable; Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
Access Complexity: Medium
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized modification
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External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://www.novell.com/support/search.do?cmd=displayKC&externalId=7003271
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: MISC
Name: https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=484942
External Source: MISC
Name: https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=474500
External Source: MISC
Name: https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=472987
External Source: XF
Name: groupwise-unspecified-xss(50691)
External Source: XF
Name: groupwise-styleexpressions-xss(50689)
External Source: XF
Name: groupwise-webaccess-loginpage-xss(50672)
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2009-1393
External Source: BID
Name: 35066
External Source: BID
Name: 35061
External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 20090528 Novell Groupwise fails to properly sanitize emails.
External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 20090521 Novell GroupWise Web Access Multiple XSS
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://www.novell.com/support/viewContent.do?externalId=7003268&sliceId=1
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://www.novell.com/support/viewContent.do?externalId=7003267&sliceId=1
External Source: SECTRACK
Name: 1022267
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 35177
External Source: MISC
Name: http://packetstorm.linuxsecurity.com/0905-exploits/groupwise-xss.txt