Computer Associates Host-Based Intrusion Prevention System Server HTML Injection Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	26134
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:	CVE-2007-5472
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Oct 18 2007 12:00AM
Updated:	Oct 19 2007 07:47PM
Credit:	The vendor credits David Maciejak with the discovery of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable:	Computer Associates Host-Based Intrusion Prevention System 8.0 93
Not Vulnerable:

Computer Associates Host-Based Intrusion Prevention System Server HTML Injection Vulnerability

Computer Associates Host-Based Intrusion Prevention System (CA HIPS) Server is prone to an HTML-injection vulnerability because it fails to properly sanitize data from logged requests before using it in dynamically generated content.

Attacker-supplied HTML and script code would execute in the context of the affected site, potentially allowing the attacker to steal cookie-based authentication credentials or to control how the site is rendered to the user; other attacks are also possible.

This issue affects versions of CA HIPS prior to 8.0.0.93.

Computer Associates Host-Based Intrusion Prevention System Server HTML Injection Vulnerability

Attackers can exploit this issue by sending specially crafted requests that will be logged by the affected system.

Computer Associates Host-Based Intrusion Prevention System Server HTML Injection Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor released a patch to address this issue. Please see the references for more information.


Computer Associates Host-Based Intrusion Prevention System 8.0 93

• Computer Associates QO91494
  http://supportconnect.ca.com/sc/redir.jsp?reqPage=search&searchID=QO91 494

Computer Associates Host-Based Intrusion Prevention System Server HTML Injection Vulnerability

References:

• Computer Associates Homepage (Computer Associates)
  
• Security Notice for CA Host-Based Intrusion Prevention System (CA HIPS) Server (Computer Associates)
  
• [CAID 35754]: CA Host-Based Intrusion Prevention System (CA HIPS) Server Vulnera ("Williams, James K" )