IBM Lotus Sametime Enterprise Meeting Server 8.5.2/8.5.2.1 Domain Variable Application Cookie access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in IBM Lotus Sametime Enterprise Meeting Server 8.5.2/8.5.2.1. It has been classified as critical. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Domain Variable Application Cookie. The manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2013-3985. No exploit is available. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in IBM Lotus Sametime Enterprise Meeting Server 8.5.2/8.5.2.1 (Groupware Software). This issue affects an unknown code block of the component Domain Variable Application Cookie. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-264. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

The Enterprise Meeting Server in IBM Lotus Sametime 8.5.2 and 8.5.2.1 does not properly restrict application cookies, which allows remote attackers to read session variables by leveraging a weak setting of the Domain variable.

The weakness was published 11/08/2013 by Chris John Riley with Raiffeisen Informatik GmbH as IBM Sametime Enterprise Meeting Server message spoofing as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at xforce.iss.net. The public release has been coordinated with IBM. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2013-3985 since 06/07/2013. Access to the local network is required for this attack. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Applying the patch Fixpack: 8521-ST-Meetings-IF-RHOK-9D2NLF is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at www-933.ibm.com. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (84968), SecurityFocus (BID 63616†) and OSVDB (99561†). www-01.ibm.com is providing further details. Similar entries are available at VDB-11131, VDB-11132 and VDB-11134. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Patch: Fixpack: 8521-ST-Meetings-IF-RHOK-9D2NLF

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Vendor: ibm.com

Advisory: IBM Sametime Enterprise Meeting Server message spoofing
Researcher: Chris John Riley
Organization: Raiffeisen Informatik GmbH
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CVE: CVE-2013-3985 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2013-3985
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-11135
X-Force: 84968 - IBM Sametime Enterprise Meeting Server information disclosure, Low Risk
SecurityFocus: 63616 - IBM Lotus Sametime Enterprise Meeting server CVE-2013-3985 Information Disclosure Vulnerability
OSVDB: 99561

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Created: 11/15/2013 10:28
Updated: 03/25/2019 11:56
Changes: 11/15/2013 10:28 (54), 03/25/2019 11:56 (18)
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