Security Bulletin: IBM Sterling Control Center has various vulnerabilities (CVE-2013-2968 and CVE-2013-2969)

Abstract

IBM Sterling Control Center has various Denial-of-Service (DOS) and Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities.

Content

VULNERABILITY DETAILS:

CVE ID: CVE-2013-2968

DESCRIPTION: - Denial of Service
IBM Sterling Control Center (SCC) uses a buffer read method which can potentially result in a Denial of Service (DoS) if a user causes SCC to read a file and the file is large and has no EOL characters.

CVSS Base Score: 6.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/83859 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/AU:S/C:N/I:N/A:C)

CVE ID: CVE-2013-2969

DESCRIPTION: - Cross Site Scripting
IBM Sterling Control Center allows some invalid characters to be returned to the user, whereby a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack could occur. When a web application uses input from a user in the output it generates without filtering it, an attacker can insert an attack in that input and the web application sends the attack to other users.

CVSS Base Score: 3.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/83860 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/AU:S/C:N/I:P/A:N)

AFFECTED PRODUCTS AND VERSIONS:
IBM Sterling Control Center 5.4 through 5.4.0.1
IBM Sterling Control Center 5.3 through 5.3.0.3
IBM Sterling Control Center 5.2 through 5.2.0.8

REMEDIATION:

The recommended solution is to upgrade to the current release as soon as practical. Please see below for information about the fixes available.

| 5.3.0.4| N/A| IBM Sterling Control Center 5.3.0.4 available on IBM Fix Central

| 5.2.0.9| N/A| Control Center 5.2.09 is now available on IWM

REFERENCES:
· Complete CVSS Guide
· On-line Calculator V2_ _
· CVE-2013-2968__ __
· X-Force Vulnerability Database
· CVE-2013-2969__ __
· X-Force Vulnerability Database

RELATED INFORMATION:
_IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal _
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

CHANGE HISTORY
11 June 2013 Original Copy Published

_*The CVSS Environment Score is customer environment specific and will ultimately impact the Overall CVSS Score. Customers can evaluate the impact of this vulnerability in their environments by accessing the links in the Reference section of this Flash. _

_Note: _According to the Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams (FIRST), the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) is an “industry open standard designed to convey vulnerability severity and help to determine urgency and priority of response.” IBM PROVIDES THE CVSS SCORES “AS IS” WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. CUSTOMERS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ASSESSING THE IMPACT OF ANY ACTUAL OR POTENTIAL SECURITY VULNERABILITY.

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