Sun ONE/iPlanet Messaging Server Webmail HTML Injection Vulnerability

BID:11972

Info

Sun ONE/iPlanet Messaging Server Webmail HTML Injection Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 11972
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Dec 16 2004 12:00AM
Updated: Dec 16 2004 12:00AM
Credit: This issue was announced by the vendor.
Vulnerable: Sun ONE Messaging Server 6.1
+ Sun Solaris 9_x86
 + Sun Solaris 9
 + Sun Solaris 8_sparc
 Sun iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Sun ONE/iPlanet Messaging Server Webmail HTML Injection Vulnerability

Sun ONE and iPlanet Messaging Server are prone to an HTML injection vulnerability. This issue exists in the Webmail facility and may be exploited by injecting hostile HTML and script code through emails. When such an email is read by a user of the Webmail system, attacker-supplied HTML and script code could be rendered in their browser.

This may facilitate session hijacking, ultimately allowing for compromise of Webmail accounts. Other attacks are also possible.

Exploit / POC

Sun ONE/iPlanet Messaging Server Webmail HTML Injection Vulnerability

There is no exploit required.

Solution / Fix

Sun ONE/iPlanet Messaging Server Webmail HTML Injection Vulnerability

Solution:
Sun has released Sun Alert ID: 57691 to address this issue. Please see the attached advisory for further information on obtaining and applying fixes.


Sun ONE Messaging Server 6.1

References

Sun ONE/iPlanet Messaging Server Webmail HTML Injection Vulnerability

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