SB2015110205 - Cross-site scripting in Ambari

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.

1) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2015-3186)

CWE-ID: CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear

Vulnerability allows a remote user to perform XSS attacks.

The vulnerability is caused by an input validation error in Apache Ambari before 2.1.0. A remote authenticated cluster operator user can inject and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in victim's browser in security context of vulnerable website.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.

Remediation

Cybersecurity Help is not aware of any official remediation provided by the vendor.

References

• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/13/1
• https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/AMBARI/Ambari+Vulnerabilities