ESA-2013-078: EMC Document Sciences xPression Multiple Vulnerabilities

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ESA-2013-078: EMC Document Sciences xPression Multiple Vulnerabilities


EMC Identifier: ESA-2013-078


CVE Identifier: CVE-2013-6173, CVE-2013-6174, CVE-2013-6175, CVE-2013-6176, 
CVE-2013-6177


Severity Rating: CVSS v2 Base Score: See below for individuals scores


Affected products:  

Version 4.1 SP1, 4.2 and 4.5 are affected for following products:
?       EMC Document Sciences xPression Enterprise Edition ? Publish Engine
?       EMC Document Sciences xPression Enterprise Edition ? Compuset Engine
?       EMC Document Sciences xPression Documentum Edition


Summary:  

EMC Document Sciences xPression is vulnerable to multiple vulnerabilities that 
could be exploited by malicious users.


Details:  

EMC Document Sciences xPression may be susceptible to the following 
vulnerabilities: 

1.      Cross-Site Request Forgery Vulnerability (CVE-2013-6173)
CVSSv2 Base score:  8.3 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:C/A:P)
The attacker can conduct CSRF attacks to perform unauthorized administrative 
actions in xAdmin and xDashboard  by getting a user with active administrative 
session to click on specially-crafted links that are embedded within an email, 
web page or other source by a malicious attacker.
This vulnerability is not applicable to EMC Document Sciences xPression 4.1.x 
versions.
2.      Open Redirect Vulnerability (CVE-2013-6174)
CVSSv2 Base score:  6.8 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Some parameters in xAdmin may allow remote attackers to redirect users to 
arbitrary web sites and conduct phishing attacks.

3.      Multiple Cross Site Scripting Vulnerabilities (CVE-2013-6175)
CVSSv2 Base score:  7.5 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Several xAdmin and xDashboard forms are vulnerable to cross-site scripting 
vulnerabilities. The vulnerabilities could be exploited by getting an 
authenticated user to click on specially-crafted links that a malicious 
attacker can embed within an email, web page or other source. This may lead to 
execution of malicious html requests or scripts in the context of the 
authenticated user.

4.      SQL Injection Vulnerability (CVE-2013-6176)
CVSSv2 Base score:  8.5 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C) 
An unauthorized xAdmin or xDashboard user can conduct SQL injection attacks to 
read and modify data in the SQL database.

5.      Path Traversal Vulnerability (CVE-2013-6177)
CVSSv2 Base score: 6.8 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:N)
An unauthorized xDashboard user can exploit this vulnerability to read 
arbitrary files from the affected file system. 


Resolution: 

The following products contain resolution to these issues:
?       EMC Document Sciences xPression 4.1 SP1 Patch 47 and later 
?       EMC Document Sciences xPression 4.2 Patch 26 and later 
?       EMC Document Sciences xPression 4.5 Patch 05 and later 

EMC strongly recommends all customers upgrade at the earliest opportunity.  


Link to remedies:

The software patches can be obtained by submitting an upgrade request form from 
EMC Powerlink. 


Credits: 

EMC would like thank the following individuals from Verizon Enterprise 
Solutions - Threat and Vulnerability Management (GCIS):
?       Discovery: Sertan Kolat and Omer Coskun   
?       Coordination: Thierry Zoller 

 

Read and use the information in this EMC Security Advisory to assist in 
avoiding any situation that might arise from the problems described herein. If 
you have any questions regarding this product alert, contact EMC Software 
Technical Support at 1-877-534-2867.

For an explanation of Severity Ratings, refer to EMC Knowledgebase solution 
emc218831. EMC recommends all customers take into account both the base score 
and any relevant temporal and environmental scores which may impact the 
potential severity associated with particular security vulnerability.

EMC Corporation distributes EMC Security Advisories, in order to bring to the 
attention of users of the affected EMC products, important security 
information. EMC recommends that all users determine the applicability of this 
information to their individual situations and take appropriate action. The 
information set forth herein is provided "as is" without warranty of any kind. 
EMC disclaims all warranties, either express or implied, including the 
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non-infringement. In no event, shall EMC or its suppliers, be liable for any 
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of business profits or special damages, even if EMC or its suppliers have been 
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