Secunia Logo
Netsikker nu! 2008
 
F5 FirePass 4100 SSL VPN installControl.php3 Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory: SA29931
Release Date: 2008-04-28
Last Update: 2008-06-30
Popularity: 2,892 views

Critical:
Less critical
Impact: Cross Site Scripting
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

OS:FirePass 5.x
FirePass 6.x

Subscribe: Instant alerts on relevant vulnerabilities

CVE reference:CVE-2008-2030


Description:
Alberto Cuesta Partida has reported a vulnerability in F5 FirePass 4100 SSL VPN, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting attacks.

Input passed via the URL to the "installControl.php3" script is not properly sanitised before being returned to the user. This can be exploited to execute arbitrary HTML and script code in a user's browser session in context of an affected site.

Solution:
Apply hotfixes.
https://downloads.f5.com/esd/index.jsp

FirePass 6.0.2:
Apply HF-602-3 or later.

FirePass 6.0.1:
Apply HF-601-11 or later.

FirePass 5.5.1:
Apply Hotfix-60073-94763 or later.

Provided and/or discovered by:
Alberto Cuesta Partida, 514.es

Changelog:
2008-05-02: Added CVE reference.
2008-06-30: Updated "Solution" and "Original Advisory" sections.

Original Advisory:
F5 Networks:
https://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/8000/500/sol8508.html


Track this Secunia Advisory
Customers of the Secunia Vulnerability Intelligence solutions will automatically receive updates when new information regarding this advisory is released.

Read more about our Vulnerability Intelligence solutions and what they can do for you and your company.

About this Secunia Advisory
Please note: The information that this Secunia Advisory is based on comes from a third party unless stated otherwise.

Secunia collects, validates, and verifies all vulnerability reports issued by security research groups, vendors, and others.
  
Latest Advisories

Send Feedback to Secunia
If you have new information regarding this Secunia advisory or a product in our database, please send it to us using either our web form or email us at vuln@secunia.com.

Ideas, suggestions, and other feedback are most welcome.

Most Popular - 3 Hours

1. Sun Java System Web Proxy Server FTP Subsystem Buffer Overflow // 30 views
2. CA ARCserve Backup Multiple Vulnerabilities // 29 views
3. pMachine "pm_path" File Inclusion Vulnerability // 25 views
4. Apple Mac OS X Security Update Fixes Multiple Vulnerabilities // 25 views
5. Built2go Real Estate Listings "event_id" SQL Injection // 24 views
6. Red Hat update for cups // 23 views
7. ScriptsEz Easy Image Downloader "id" File Disclosure Vulnerability // 23 views
8. DFF PHP Framework API "DFF_config[dir_include]" File Inclusion Vulnerabilities // 23 views
9. CUPS Multiple Vulnerabilities // 21 views
10. Ubuntu update for ruby1.8 // 20 views