[Full-disclosure] [ISR] - Novell Groupwise WebAccess Cross-Site Scripting

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|| [ISR]
|| Infobyte Security Research
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|| 07.19.2005
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.:: SUMMARY 

Novell Groupwise WebAccess Cross-Site Scripting 

Version: GroupWise 6.5 SP4, It is suspected that all previous versions of 
Groupwise WebAccess
are vulnerable. 

.:: BACKGROUND 

GroupWise WebAccess is Novell's premier Intranet/Internet GroupWare solution 
for the Web. 

More info:    http://www.novell.com 

.:: DESCRIPTION 

Remote explotation of Cross-Site Scripting due to failure of the application 
to properly
sanitize user-supplied input prior to including it in dynamically generated 
Web content. 

To reproduce this, send a e-mail with the following html code: 

<IMG SRC="j&#X41vascript:alert(document.cookie)"> 

It show a simple code of example to execute script in the browser of an 
unsuspecting user.
This issue may allow for the theft of authentication credentials. 

.:: VENDOR RESPONSE 

Vendor advisory:
  http://support.novell.com/cgi-bin/search/searchtid.cgi?/10098301.htm 

Vendor patch:
  http://support.novell.com/filefinder/16963/beta.html
  The filename is fwa655d.exe

.:: CVE INFORMATION 

Id: CAN-2005-2276
Web: http://cve.mitre.org

.:: DISCLOSURE TIMELINE 

06/14/2005  Initial vendor notification
06/14/2005  Initial vendor response
07/19/2005  Coordinated public disclosure 

.:: CREDIT 

Francisco Amato is credited with discovering this vulnerability.
famato][at][infobyte][dot][com][dot][ar 

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