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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 =========================================================================== AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution ESB-2014.0588 Security Advisories Relating to Symantec Products - Symantec Messaging Gateway Management Console Reflected XSS 24 April 2014 =========================================================================== AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary --------------------------------- Product: Symantec Messaging Gateway Publisher: Symantec Operating System: Network Appliance VMware ESX Server Impact/Access: Cross-site Scripting -- Remote with User Interaction Resolution: Patch/Upgrade CVE Names: CVE-2014-1648 Original Bulletin: http://www.symantec.com/security_response/securityupdates/detail.jsp?fid=security_advisory&pvid=security_advisory&year=&suid=20140422_00 - --------------------------BEGIN INCLUDED TEXT-------------------- Security Advisories Relating to Symantec Products - Symantec Messaging Gateway Management Console Reflected XSS SYM14-006 April 22, 2014 Revisions None Severity CVSS2 Base Score Impact Exploitability CVSS2 Vector Messaging Gateway Management Interface Reflective XSS - Medium 5.8 4.9 8.6 AV:N/AC:M/AU:N/C:P/I:P/A:N Overview Symantecs Messaging Gateway management console is susceptible to a reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) issue found in one of the administrative interface pages. Successful exploitation could result in potential session hijacking or unauthorized actions directed against the console with the privileges of the targeted users browser. Product(s) Affected Product Version Solution Symantec Messaging Gateway 10.x - 10.5.1 Symantec Messaging Gateway 10.5.2 Details Symantec was notified of a reflected XSS issue impacting Symantecs Messaging Gateway 10.x management console. A reflected XSS issue exists in one of the interface pages used to manage the gateway as a result of insufficient validation/sanitation of user input. Successful targeting of this weakness could allow an unauthorized individual to steal the browser cookies or hijack the browser session being used to manage the console. This could potentially allow the unauthorized individual authorized user-level access to the management console. The management console normally allows access to only specified users/administrators with varying levels of access depending on their requirements. In a typical installation the Symantec Messaging Gateway management interface should not be accessible external to the network environment and access should be restricted to specified users/administrators. Web browsers used by authorized users to manage Symantec Messaging Gateway should never be used for casual browsing of external web sites during an administrative session. These restrictions would greatly reduce exposure to external attempts against this type of issue. A malicious but authorized non-privileged network user or an external attacker would need to successfully entice an authorized management console user to visit a malicious web site or click on a malicious HTML link in an email in any attempts to take advantage of this issue. Symantec Response Symantec engineers verified this issue in Symantec Messaging Gateway 10.x. Symantec strongly recommends Symantec Messaging Gateway customers update to the latest release of Symantec Messaging Gateway, 10.5.2. Symantec knows of no exploitation of or adverse customer impact from this issue. Symantec Messaging Gateway 10.5.2 is currently available through customers normal update channels. Best Practices As part of normal best practices, Symantec strongly recommends: * Restrict access to administration or management systems to privileged users. * Disable remote access if not required or restrict it to trusted/authorized systems only. * Where possible, limit exposure of application and web interfaces to trusted/internal networks only. * Keep all operating systems and applications updated with the latest vendor patches. * Follow a multi-layered approach to security. Run both firewall and anti-malware applications, at a minimum, to provide multiple points of detection and protection to both inbound and outbound threats. * Deploy network and host-based intrusion detection systems to monitor network traffic for signs of anomalous or suspicious activity. This may aid in detection of attacks or malicious activity related to exploitation of latent vulnerabilities Credit Symantec credits William Costa, william.costa@gmail.com, for reporting this issue to us and coordinating with us as we resolved it. References BID: Security Focus, http://www.securityfocus.com, has assigned a Bugtraq ID (BID) to this issue for inclusion in the Security Focus vulnerability database. CVE: This issue is a candidate for inclusion in the CVE list (http://cve.mitre.org), which standardizes names for security problems. CVE BID Description CVE-2014-1648 BID 66966 Messaging Gateway Management Interface Reflective XSS Symantec takes the security and proper functionality of our products very seriously. As founding members of the Organization for Internet Safety (OISafety), Symantec supports and follows responsible disclosure guidelines. Please contact secure@symantec.com if you feel you have discovered a security issue in a Symantec product. 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