Vulnerabilities > CVE-2012-1575 - Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in Trevor Mckay Cumin

047910
CVSS 0.0 - NONE
Attack vector
UNKNOWN
Attack complexity
UNKNOWN
Privileges required
UNKNOWN
Confidentiality impact
UNKNOWN
Integrity impact
UNKNOWN
Availability impact
UNKNOWN

Summary

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Cumin before r5238 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors involving (1) widgets or (2) pages.

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

  • Cross Site Scripting through Log Files
    An attacker may leverage a system weakness where logs are susceptible to log injection to insert scripts into the system's logs. If these logs are later viewed by an administrator through a thin administrative interface and the log data is not properly HTML encoded before being written to the page, the attackers' scripts stored in the log will be executed in the administrative interface with potentially serious consequences. This attack pattern is really a combination of two other attack patterns: log injection and stored cross site scripting.
  • Embedding Scripts in Non-Script Elements
    This attack is a form of Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) where malicious scripts are embedded in elements that are not expected to host scripts such as image tags (<img>), comments in XML documents (< !-CDATA->), etc. These tags may not be subject to the same input validation, output validation, and other content filtering and checking routines, so this can create an opportunity for an attacker to tunnel through the application's elements and launch a XSS attack through other elements. As with all remote attacks, it is important to differentiate the ability to launch an attack (such as probing an internal network for unpatched servers) and the ability of the remote attacker to collect and interpret the output of said attack.
  • Embedding Scripts within Scripts
    An attack of this type exploits a programs' vulnerabilities that are brought on by allowing remote hosts to execute scripts. The attacker leverages this capability to execute scripts to execute his/her own script by embedding it within other scripts that the target software is likely to execute. The attacker must have the ability to inject script into script that is likely to be executed. If this is done, then the attacker can potentially launch a variety of probes and attacks against the web server's local environment, in many cases the so-called DMZ, back end resources the web server can communicate with, and other hosts. With the proliferation of intermediaries, such as Web App Firewalls, network devices, and even printers having JVMs and Web servers, there are many locales where an attacker can inject malicious scripts. Since this attack pattern defines scripts within scripts, there are likely privileges to execute said attack on the host. Of course, these attacks are not solely limited to the server side, client side scripts like Ajax and client side JavaScript can contain malicious scripts as well. In general all that is required is for there to be sufficient privileges to execute a script, but not protected against writing.
  • Cross-Site Scripting in Error Pages
    An attacker distributes a link (or possibly some other query structure) with a request to a third party web server that is malformed and also contains a block of exploit code in order to have the exploit become live code in the resulting error page. When the third party web server receives the crafted request and notes the error it then creates an error message that echoes the malformed message, including the exploit. Doing this converts the exploit portion of the message into to valid language elements that are executed by the viewing browser. When a victim executes the query provided by the attacker the infected error message error message is returned including the exploit code which then runs in the victim's browser. XSS can result in execution of code as well as data leakage (e.g. session cookies can be sent to the attacker). This type of attack is especially dangerous since the exploit appears to come from the third party web server, who the victim may trust and hence be more vulnerable to deception.
  • Cross-Site Scripting Using Alternate Syntax
    The attacker uses alternate forms of keywords or commands that result in the same action as the primary form but which may not be caught by filters. For example, many keywords are processed in a case insensitive manner. If the site's web filtering algorithm does not convert all tags into a consistent case before the comparison with forbidden keywords it is possible to bypass filters (e.g., incomplete black lists) by using an alternate case structure. For example, the "script" tag using the alternate forms of "Script" or "ScRiPt" may bypass filters where "script" is the only form tested. Other variants using different syntax representations are also possible as well as using pollution meta-characters or entities that are eventually ignored by the rendering engine. The attack can result in the execution of otherwise prohibited functionality.

Nessus

  • NASL familyRed Hat Local Security Checks
    NASL idREDHAT-RHSA-2012-0476.NASL
    descriptionAn updated MRG Management Console package that fixes several security issues is now available for Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in the References section. Red Hat Enterprise MRG (Messaging, Realtime, and Grid) is a next-generation IT infrastructure for enterprise computing. MRG offers increased performance, reliability, interoperability, and faster computing for enterprise customers. Several cross-site scripting (XSS) flaws were found in the MRG Management Console (Cumin). An authorized user on the local network could use these flaws to perform cross-site scripting attacks against MRG Management Console users. Note: Refer to the MRG Messaging User Guide for information on configuring authentication and authorization in the MRG Messaging broker. (CVE-2012-1575) Users of Red Hat Enterprise MRG Management Console are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which corrects these issues. The MRG Management Console must be restarted (
    last seen2020-04-16
    modified2014-07-22
    plugin id76640
    published2014-07-22
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2014-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/76640
    titleRHEL 5 : MRG (RHSA-2012:0476)
    code
    #
    # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    #
    # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
    # extracted from Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2012:0476. The text 
    # itself is copyright (C) Red Hat, Inc.
    #
    
    include("compat.inc");
    
    if (description)
    {
      script_id(76640);
      script_version("1.11");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/04/15");
    
      script_cve_id("CVE-2012-1575");
      script_xref(name:"RHSA", value:"2012:0476");
    
      script_name(english:"RHEL 5 : MRG (RHSA-2012:0476)");
      script_summary(english:"Checks the rpm output for the updated package");
    
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"synopsis", 
        value:"The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update."
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"description", 
        value:
    "An updated MRG Management Console package that fixes several security
    issues is now available for Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2 for Red Hat
    Enterprise Linux 5.
    
    The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having
    moderate security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS)
    base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from
    the CVE link in the References section.
    
    Red Hat Enterprise MRG (Messaging, Realtime, and Grid) is a
    next-generation IT infrastructure for enterprise computing. MRG offers
    increased performance, reliability, interoperability, and faster
    computing for enterprise customers.
    
    Several cross-site scripting (XSS) flaws were found in the MRG
    Management Console (Cumin). An authorized user on the local network
    could use these flaws to perform cross-site scripting attacks against
    MRG Management Console users. Note: Refer to the MRG Messaging User
    Guide for information on configuring authentication and authorization
    in the MRG Messaging broker. (CVE-2012-1575)
    
    Users of Red Hat Enterprise MRG Management Console are advised to
    upgrade to this updated package, which corrects these issues. The MRG
    Management Console must be restarted ('service cumin restart') for
    this update to take effect."
      );
      # https://docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/index.html
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012:0476"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-1575"
      );
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected cumin package.");
      script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:cumin");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2012/04/22");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2012/04/12");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2014/07/22");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
      script_end_attributes();
    
      script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
      script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2014-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
      script_family(english:"Red Hat Local Security Checks");
    
      script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
      script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/RedHat/release", "Host/RedHat/rpm-list", "Host/cpu");
    
      exit(0);
    }
    
    
    include("audit.inc");
    include("global_settings.inc");
    include("misc_func.inc");
    include("rpm.inc");
    
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
    release = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/release");
    if (isnull(release) || "Red Hat" >!< release) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Red Hat");
    os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "Red Hat Enterprise Linux.*release ([0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)?)", string:release);
    if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Red Hat");
    os_ver = os_ver[1];
    if (! preg(pattern:"^5([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Red Hat 5.x", "Red Hat " + os_ver);
    
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
    
    cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
    if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
    if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && "s390" >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Red Hat", cpu);
    
    yum_updateinfo = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/yum-updateinfo");
    if (!empty_or_null(yum_updateinfo)) 
    {
      rhsa = "RHSA-2012:0476";
      yum_report = redhat_generate_yum_updateinfo_report(rhsa:rhsa);
      if (!empty_or_null(yum_report))
      {
        security_report_v4(
          port       : 0,
          severity   : SECURITY_WARNING,
          extra      : yum_report 
        );
        exit(0);
      }
      else
      {
        audit_message = "affected by Red Hat security advisory " + rhsa;
        audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, audit_message);
      }
    }
    else
    {
      flag = 0;
    
      if (! (rpm_exists(release:"RHEL5", rpm:"mrg-release"))) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "MRG");
    
      if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL5", reference:"cumin-0.1.5192-4.el5")) flag++;
    
      if (flag)
      {
        security_report_v4(
          port       : 0,
          severity   : SECURITY_WARNING,
          extra      : rpm_report_get() + redhat_report_package_caveat()
        );
        exit(0);
      }
      else
      {
        tested = pkg_tests_get();
        if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
        else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "cumin");
      }
    }
    
  • NASL familyRed Hat Local Security Checks
    NASL idREDHAT-RHSA-2012-0477.NASL
    descriptionAn updated MRG Management Console package that fixes several security issues is now available for Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in the References section. Red Hat Enterprise MRG (Messaging, Realtime, and Grid) is a next-generation IT infrastructure for enterprise computing. MRG offers increased performance, reliability, interoperability, and faster computing for enterprise customers. Several cross-site scripting (XSS) flaws were found in the MRG Management Console (Cumin). An authorized user on the local network could use these flaws to perform cross-site scripting attacks against MRG Management Console users. Note: Refer to the MRG Messaging User Guide for information on configuring authentication and authorization in the MRG Messaging broker. (CVE-2012-1575) Users of Red Hat Enterprise MRG Management Console are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which corrects these issues. The MRG Management Console must be restarted (
    last seen2020-04-16
    modified2014-07-22
    plugin id76641
    published2014-07-22
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2014-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/76641
    titleRHEL 6 : MRG (RHSA-2012:0477)
    code
    #
    # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    #
    # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
    # extracted from Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2012:0477. The text 
    # itself is copyright (C) Red Hat, Inc.
    #
    
    include("compat.inc");
    
    if (description)
    {
      script_id(76641);
      script_version("1.11");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/04/15");
    
      script_cve_id("CVE-2012-1575");
      script_xref(name:"RHSA", value:"2012:0477");
    
      script_name(english:"RHEL 6 : MRG (RHSA-2012:0477)");
      script_summary(english:"Checks the rpm output for the updated package");
    
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"synopsis", 
        value:"The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update."
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"description", 
        value:
    "An updated MRG Management Console package that fixes several security
    issues is now available for Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2 for Red Hat
    Enterprise Linux 6.
    
    The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having
    moderate security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS)
    base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from
    the CVE link in the References section.
    
    Red Hat Enterprise MRG (Messaging, Realtime, and Grid) is a
    next-generation IT infrastructure for enterprise computing. MRG offers
    increased performance, reliability, interoperability, and faster
    computing for enterprise customers.
    
    Several cross-site scripting (XSS) flaws were found in the MRG
    Management Console (Cumin). An authorized user on the local network
    could use these flaws to perform cross-site scripting attacks against
    MRG Management Console users. Note: Refer to the MRG Messaging User
    Guide for information on configuring authentication and authorization
    in the MRG Messaging broker. (CVE-2012-1575)
    
    Users of Red Hat Enterprise MRG Management Console are advised to
    upgrade to this updated package, which corrects these issues. The MRG
    Management Console must be restarted ('service cumin restart') for
    this update to take effect."
      );
      # https://docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/index.html
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012:0477"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-1575"
      );
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected cumin package.");
      script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:cumin");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2012/04/22");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2012/04/12");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2014/07/22");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
      script_end_attributes();
    
      script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
      script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2014-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
      script_family(english:"Red Hat Local Security Checks");
    
      script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
      script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/RedHat/release", "Host/RedHat/rpm-list", "Host/cpu");
    
      exit(0);
    }
    
    
    include("audit.inc");
    include("global_settings.inc");
    include("misc_func.inc");
    include("rpm.inc");
    
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
    release = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/release");
    if (isnull(release) || "Red Hat" >!< release) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Red Hat");
    os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "Red Hat Enterprise Linux.*release ([0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)?)", string:release);
    if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Red Hat");
    os_ver = os_ver[1];
    if (! preg(pattern:"^6([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Red Hat 6.x", "Red Hat " + os_ver);
    
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
    
    cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
    if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
    if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && "s390" >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Red Hat", cpu);
    
    yum_updateinfo = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/yum-updateinfo");
    if (!empty_or_null(yum_updateinfo)) 
    {
      rhsa = "RHSA-2012:0477";
      yum_report = redhat_generate_yum_updateinfo_report(rhsa:rhsa);
      if (!empty_or_null(yum_report))
      {
        security_report_v4(
          port       : 0,
          severity   : SECURITY_WARNING,
          extra      : yum_report 
        );
        exit(0);
      }
      else
      {
        audit_message = "affected by Red Hat security advisory " + rhsa;
        audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, audit_message);
      }
    }
    else
    {
      flag = 0;
    
      if (! (rpm_exists(release:"RHEL6", rpm:"mrg-release"))) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "MRG");
    
      if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL6", reference:"cumin-0.1.5192-5.el6")) flag++;
    
      if (flag)
      {
        security_report_v4(
          port       : 0,
          severity   : SECURITY_WARNING,
          extra      : rpm_report_get() + redhat_report_package_caveat()
        );
        exit(0);
      }
      else
      {
        tested = pkg_tests_get();
        if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
        else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "cumin");
      }
    }
    

Redhat

advisories
  • rhsa
    idRHSA-2012:0476
  • rhsa
    idRHSA-2012:0477
rpms
  • cumin-0:0.1.5192-4.el5
  • cumin-0:0.1.5192-5.el6