Vulnerabilities > CVE-2012-6149 - Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in Redhat Satellite, Satellite 5 Managed DB and Spacewalk-Java

047910
CVSS 3.5 - LOW
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
MEDIUM
Privileges required
SINGLE
Confidentiality impact
NONE
Integrity impact
PARTIAL
Availability impact
NONE
network
redhat
CWE-79
nessus

Summary

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in systems/sdc/notes.jsp in Spacewalk and Red Hat Network (RHN) Satellite 5.6 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) subject or (2) content values of a note in a system.addNote XML-RPC call.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Redhat
3

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-2014-0148.NASL
descriptionUpdated spacewalk-java, spacewalk-web, and satellite-branding packages that fix multiple security issues are now available for Red Hat Satellite 5.6. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having Moderate security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability from the CVE links in the References section. Red Hat Satellite is a systems management tool for Linux-based infrastructures. It allows for provisioning, remote management and monitoring of multiple Linux deployments with a single, centralized tool. A cross-site scripting (XSS) flaw was found in the way the Red Hat Satellite web interface performed sanitization of notes for registered systems. A remote authenticated Red Hat Satellite user could create a malicious note that, when viewed by a victim, could execute arbitrary web script with the privileges of the user viewing that note. (CVE-2012-6149) Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) flaws were found in the Red Hat Satellite web interface. A remote attacker could provide a specially crafted link that, when visited by an authenticated Red Hat Satellite user, would lead to arbitrary web script execution in the context of the user
last seen2020-06-01
modified2020-06-02
plugin id78995
published2014-11-08
reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2014-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/78995
titleRHEL 5 / 6 : spacewalk-java, spacewalk-web and satellite-branding (RHSA-2014:0148)
code
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# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
# extracted from Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2014:0148. The text 
# itself is copyright (C) Red Hat, Inc.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(78995);
  script_version("1.12");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/10/24 15:35:38");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2012-6149", "CVE-2013-1869", "CVE-2013-1871", "CVE-2013-4415");
  script_bugtraq_id(65590, 65592, 65593, 65594);
  script_xref(name:"RHSA", value:"2014:0148");

  script_name(english:"RHEL 5 / 6 : spacewalk-java, spacewalk-web and satellite-branding (RHSA-2014:0148)");
  script_summary(english:"Checks the rpm output for the updated packages");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:"The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"Updated spacewalk-java, spacewalk-web, and satellite-branding packages
that fix multiple security issues are now available for Red Hat
Satellite 5.6.

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having
Moderate security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS)
base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for
each vulnerability from the CVE links in the References section.

Red Hat Satellite is a systems management tool for Linux-based
infrastructures. It allows for provisioning, remote management and
monitoring of multiple Linux deployments with a single, centralized
tool.

A cross-site scripting (XSS) flaw was found in the way the Red Hat
Satellite web interface performed sanitization of notes for registered
systems. A remote authenticated Red Hat Satellite user could create a
malicious note that, when viewed by a victim, could execute arbitrary
web script with the privileges of the user viewing that note.
(CVE-2012-6149)

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) flaws were found in the Red Hat
Satellite web interface. A remote attacker could provide a specially
crafted link that, when visited by an authenticated Red Hat Satellite
user, would lead to arbitrary web script execution in the context of
the user's web interface session. (CVE-2013-1871, CVE-2013-4415)

An HTTP header injection flaw was found in the way the Red Hat
Satellite web interface processed the return URL parameter for all
HTTP GET requests. A remote attacker could use this flaw to conduct
cross-site scripting (XSS) and HTTP response splitting attacks against
users visiting the site. (CVE-2013-1869)

Red Hat would like to thank Ben Ford of Puppet Labs for reporting
CVE-2012-6149, Ryan Giobbi of UPMC for reporting CVE-2013-1869 and
CVE-2013-1871, and Adam Willard and Jose Carlos de Arriba of
Foreground Security for reporting CVE-2013-4415.

Users of Red Hat Satellite 5.6 are advised to upgrade to these updated
packages, which resolve these issues. For this update to take effect,
Red Hat Satellite must be restarted. Refer to the Solution section for
details."
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    attribute:"see_also",
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  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2013-1871"
  );
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected packages.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:satellite-branding");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:spacewalk-base");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:spacewalk-base-minimal");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:spacewalk-base-minimal-config");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:spacewalk-dobby");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:spacewalk-grail");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:spacewalk-html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:spacewalk-java");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:spacewalk-java-config");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:spacewalk-java-lib");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:spacewalk-java-oracle");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:spacewalk-java-postgresql");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:spacewalk-pxt");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:spacewalk-sniglets");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:spacewalk-taskomatic");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2014/02/14");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2014/02/10");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2014/11/08");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2014-2019 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|6)([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Red Hat 5.x / 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-2014:0148";
  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_check(release:"RHEL5", reference:"satellite-branding-5.6.0.23-1.el5sat")) flag++;
  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL5", reference:"spacewalk-base-2.0.3-19.el5sat")) flag++;
  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL5", reference:"spacewalk-base-minimal-2.0.3-19.el5sat")) flag++;
  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL5", reference:"spacewalk-base-minimal-config-2.0.3-19.el5sat")) flag++;
  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL5", reference:"spacewalk-dobby-2.0.3-19.el5sat")) flag++;
  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL5", reference:"spacewalk-grail-2.0.3-19.el5sat")) flag++;
  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL5", reference:"spacewalk-html-2.0.3-19.el5sat")) flag++;
  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL5", reference:"spacewalk-java-2.0.2-58.el5sat")) flag++;
  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL5", reference:"spacewalk-java-config-2.0.2-58.el5sat")) flag++;
  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL5", reference:"spacewalk-java-lib-2.0.2-58.el5sat")) flag++;
  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL5", reference:"spacewalk-java-oracle-2.0.2-58.el5sat")) flag++;
  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL5", reference:"spacewalk-java-postgresql-2.0.2-58.el5sat")) flag++;
  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL5", reference:"spacewalk-pxt-2.0.3-19.el5sat")) flag++;
  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL5", reference:"spacewalk-sniglets-2.0.3-19.el5sat")) flag++;
  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL5", reference:"spacewalk-taskomatic-2.0.2-58.el5sat")) flag++;

  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL6", reference:"satellite-branding-5.6.0.23-1.el6sat")) flag++;
  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL6", reference:"spacewalk-base-2.0.3-19.el6sat")) flag++;
  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL6", reference:"spacewalk-base-minimal-2.0.3-19.el6sat")) flag++;
  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL6", reference:"spacewalk-base-minimal-config-2.0.3-19.el6sat")) flag++;
  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL6", reference:"spacewalk-dobby-2.0.3-19.el6sat")) flag++;
  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL6", reference:"spacewalk-grail-2.0.3-19.el6sat")) flag++;
  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL6", reference:"spacewalk-html-2.0.3-19.el6sat")) flag++;
  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL6", reference:"spacewalk-java-2.0.2-58.el6sat")) flag++;
  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL6", reference:"spacewalk-java-config-2.0.2-58.el6sat")) flag++;
  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL6", reference:"spacewalk-java-lib-2.0.2-58.el6sat")) flag++;
  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL6", reference:"spacewalk-java-oracle-2.0.2-58.el6sat")) flag++;
  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL6", reference:"spacewalk-java-postgresql-2.0.2-58.el6sat")) flag++;
  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL6", reference:"spacewalk-pxt-2.0.3-19.el6sat")) flag++;
  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL6", reference:"spacewalk-sniglets-2.0.3-19.el6sat")) flag++;
  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL6", reference:"spacewalk-taskomatic-2.0.2-58.el6sat")) 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, "satellite-branding / spacewalk-base / spacewalk-base-minimal / etc");
  }
}

Redhat

advisories
rhsa
idRHSA-2014:0148
rpms
  • satellite-branding-0:5.6.0.23-1.el5sat
  • satellite-branding-0:5.6.0.23-1.el6sat
  • spacewalk-base-0:2.0.3-19.el5sat
  • spacewalk-base-0:2.0.3-19.el6sat
  • spacewalk-base-minimal-0:2.0.3-19.el5sat
  • spacewalk-base-minimal-0:2.0.3-19.el6sat
  • spacewalk-base-minimal-config-0:2.0.3-19.el5sat
  • spacewalk-base-minimal-config-0:2.0.3-19.el6sat
  • spacewalk-dobby-0:2.0.3-19.el5sat
  • spacewalk-dobby-0:2.0.3-19.el6sat
  • spacewalk-grail-0:2.0.3-19.el5sat
  • spacewalk-grail-0:2.0.3-19.el6sat
  • spacewalk-html-0:2.0.3-19.el5sat
  • spacewalk-html-0:2.0.3-19.el6sat
  • spacewalk-java-0:2.0.2-58.el5sat
  • spacewalk-java-0:2.0.2-58.el6sat
  • spacewalk-java-config-0:2.0.2-58.el5sat
  • spacewalk-java-config-0:2.0.2-58.el6sat
  • spacewalk-java-lib-0:2.0.2-58.el5sat
  • spacewalk-java-lib-0:2.0.2-58.el6sat
  • spacewalk-java-oracle-0:2.0.2-58.el5sat
  • spacewalk-java-oracle-0:2.0.2-58.el6sat
  • spacewalk-java-postgresql-0:2.0.2-58.el5sat
  • spacewalk-java-postgresql-0:2.0.2-58.el6sat
  • spacewalk-pxt-0:2.0.3-19.el5sat
  • spacewalk-pxt-0:2.0.3-19.el6sat
  • spacewalk-sniglets-0:2.0.3-19.el5sat
  • spacewalk-sniglets-0:2.0.3-19.el6sat
  • spacewalk-taskomatic-0:2.0.2-58.el5sat
  • spacewalk-taskomatic-0:2.0.2-58.el6sat