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AA-2008.0082                  AUSCERT Advisory

                             [Win][UNIX/Linux]
      Cross site scripting vulnerability in Blackboard Academic Suite
                               16 April 2008
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        AusCERT Advisory Summary
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Product:              Blackboard Academic Suite
Operating System:     Windows
                      UNIX variants (UNIX, Linux, OSX)
Impact:               Cross-site Scripting
Access:               Remote/Unauthenticated
CVE Names:            CVE-2008-1795
Member content until: Tuesday, May 06 2008

Revision History:     April 16 2008: Added CVE reference
                      April  8 2008: Initial Release

OVERVIEW

        Blackboard Academic Suite contains a cross-site scripting
        vulnerability in its viewCatalog feature.


IMPACT

        An attacker could inject arbitrary HTML into a Blackboard user's
        session, possibly allowing cookie stealing or phishing attempts.


MITIGATION

        Users of Blackboard should upgrade to the latest versions of
        the product:

           Blackboard Academic Suite 6.3.1.683
           Blackboard Academic Suite 7.0.404.58
           Blackboard Academic Suite 7.1.467.35
           Blackboard Academic Suite 7.2.383.45
           Blackboard Academic Suite 7.3.216.0
           Blackboard Academic Suite 8.0.184.0


REFERENCES

        [1] Blackboard Security Advisory
            http://kb.blackboard.com/display/KB/Security+Vulnerability+in+the+Course+Catalog

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        http://www.auscert.org.au/render.html?it=3192

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