iPlanet Admin Server Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

BID:6202

Info

iPlanet Admin Server Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 6202
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Nov 19 2002 12:00AM
Updated: Nov 19 2002 12:00AM
Credit: Discovery of this vulnerability credited to Fermín J. Serna <[email protected]>.
Vulnerable: Sun ONE Web Server 6.0 SP1
Sun ONE Web Server 6.0
Sun iPlanet Web Server 4.1 SP9
Sun iPlanet Web Server 4.1 SP8
Sun iPlanet Web Server 4.1 SP7
Sun iPlanet Web Server 4.1 SP6
Sun iPlanet Web Server 4.1 SP5
Sun iPlanet Web Server 4.1 SP4
Sun iPlanet Web Server 4.1 SP3
Sun iPlanet Web Server 4.1 SP2
Sun iPlanet Web Server 4.1 SP10
Sun iPlanet Web Server 4.1 SP1
Sun iPlanet Web Server 4.1
- HP HP-UX 11.0
- IBM AIX 4.3.3
- Linux kernel 2.2.12
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
 iPlanet E-Commerce Solutions iPlanet Web Server Enterprise Edition 4.0 SP6
iPlanet E-Commerce Solutions iPlanet Web Server Enterprise Edition 4.0 SP5
iPlanet E-Commerce Solutions iPlanet Web Server Enterprise Edition 4.0 SP4
iPlanet E-Commerce Solutions iPlanet Web Server Enterprise Edition 4.0 SP3
iPlanet E-Commerce Solutions iPlanet Web Server Enterprise Edition 4.0 SP2
iPlanet E-Commerce Solutions iPlanet Web Server Enterprise Edition 4.0 SP1
iPlanet E-Commerce Solutions iPlanet Web Server Enterprise Edition 4.0
- Compaq Tru64 5.1
- Compaq Tru64 5.0 a
 - HP HP-UX 11.0
- HP HP-UX 11i v1
 - Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP2
 - Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP1
 - Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP6a
 - Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP6
 - Redhat Linux 6.2
 - Sun Solaris 8_sparc
 - Sun Solaris 7.0
 - Sun Solaris 2.6
Not Vulnerable: Sun ONE Web Server 6.0 SP2
Sun iPlanet Web Server 4.1 SP11

Discussion

iPlanet Admin Server Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

A cross-site scripting vulnerability has been discovered in iPlanet web servers.

The vulnerability exists when an administrator views logs in the iPlanet Admin Server.

An attacker may exploit this vulnerability by enticing a victim user to follow a malicious link. Attacker-supplied HTML and script code may be executed on a web client in the context of the Admin Server site.

This may allow for theft of cookie-based authentication credentials and other attacks.

Exploit / POC

iPlanet Admin Server Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

An exploit is available at:

http://www.ngsec.com/downloads/exploits/iplanet-ngxss.sh

Solution / Fix

iPlanet Admin Server Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Solution:
Sun ONE Web Server 4.1 SP11 and later, as well as Sun ONE Web Server 6.0 SP2 and later are unaffected by this vulnerability.

Sun has made fixes available for this issue:


iPlanet E-Commerce Solutions iPlanet Web Server Enterprise Edition 4.0 SP6

iPlanet E-Commerce Solutions iPlanet Web Server Enterprise Edition 4.0

iPlanet E-Commerce Solutions iPlanet Web Server Enterprise Edition 4.0 SP5

iPlanet E-Commerce Solutions iPlanet Web Server Enterprise Edition 4.0 SP2

iPlanet E-Commerce Solutions iPlanet Web Server Enterprise Edition 4.0 SP3

iPlanet E-Commerce Solutions iPlanet Web Server Enterprise Edition 4.0 SP1

iPlanet E-Commerce Solutions iPlanet Web Server Enterprise Edition 4.0 SP4

Sun iPlanet Web Server 4.1 SP1

Sun iPlanet Web Server 4.1 SP3

Sun iPlanet Web Server 4.1 SP5

Sun iPlanet Web Server 4.1 SP4

Sun iPlanet Web Server 4.1 SP10

Sun iPlanet Web Server 4.1 SP9

Sun iPlanet Web Server 4.1 SP6

Sun iPlanet Web Server 4.1 SP8

Sun iPlanet Web Server 4.1

Sun iPlanet Web Server 4.1 SP7

Sun iPlanet Web Server 4.1 SP2

Sun ONE Web Server 6.0

Sun ONE Web Server 6.0 SP1

References

iPlanet Admin Server Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

References:

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