Red Hat Spacewalk 5.7 Web UI SystemEntitlements.do cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Red Hat Spacewalk 5.7. It has been rated as problematic. The impacted element is an unknown function of the file systems/SystemEntitlements.do of the component Web UI. The manipulation leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2016-3079. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Red Hat Spacewalk 5.7. This issue affects an unknown function of the file systems/SystemEntitlements.do of the component Web UI. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. Impacted is confidentiality, and integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the Web UI in Spacewalk and Red Hat Satellite 5.7 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) the PATH_INFO to systems/SystemEntitlements.do; (2) the label parameter to admin/multiorg/EntitlementDetails.do; or the name of a (3) snapshot tag or (4) system group in System Set Manager (SSM).

The weakness was disclosed 04/14/2016 with Red Hat (Website). The advisory is shared at rhn.redhat.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2016-3079 since 03/10/2016. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059.007 for this issue.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 90343 (RHEL 6 : postgresql92 in Satellite Server (RHSA-2016:0590)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Red Hat Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published before and not just after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (90343), SecurityFocus (BID 85746†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-57890†). The entries VDB-82387, VDB-82396 and VDB-99814 are pretty similar. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 90343
Nessus Name: RHEL 6 : postgresql92 in Satellite Server (RHSA-2016:0590)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Patch: github.com

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03/10/2016 🔍
03/29/2016 +19 days 🔍
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07/24/2022 +2291 days 🔍

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Vendor: redhat.com

Advisory: RHSA-2016:0590
Organization: Red Hat
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2016-3079 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-3079
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-82397
SecurityFocus: 85746 - Spacewalk-Java CVE-2016-3079 Multiple Cross Site Scripting Vulnerabilities
Vulnerability Center: 57890 - RedHat Spacewalk-Java <2.3.8 and Satellite 5.7 Remote Multiple XSS in WebUI, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 04/15/2016 10:13
Updated: 07/24/2022 17:14
Changes: 04/15/2016 10:13 (63), 02/03/2019 10:41 (15), 07/24/2022 17:14 (4)
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Cache ID: 216:F27:103

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