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CA Host-Based Intrusion Prevention System Server Script Insertion
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA27301
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Release Date:
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2007-10-19
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Popularity:
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4,526 views
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Critical:
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Moderately critical
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Impact:
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Cross Site Scripting
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | CA Host-Based Intrusion Prevention System (CA HIPS) 8.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2007-5472
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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in CA Host-Based Intrusion Prevention System (CA HIPS), which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct script insertion attacks.
Input passed in certain requests to the server is not properly sanitised before being logged. This can be exploited to insert arbitrary HTML and script code, which will be executed in a user's browser session in context of an affected site when viewing logs.
The vulnerability is reported in versions prior to 8.0.0.93.
Solution:
Apply patches.
http://supportconnect.ca.com/sc/redir.jsp?reqPage=search&searchID=QO91494
Provided and/or discovered by:
The vendor credits David Maciejak.
Original Advisory:
http://supportconnectw.ca.com/public/cahips/infodocs/cahips-secnotice.asp
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