SB2016081901 - Multiple vulnerabilities in Synology DiskStation Manager
Published: August 19, 2016 Updated: December 14, 2016
Breakdown by Severity
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.
1) Man-in-the-Middle attack (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-6489)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a MitM attack.
The vulnerability exists due to an error in nettle-RSA code, which can be used in cache-sharing channel attacks. A remote attacker can create specially crafted RSA or DSA data and perform Man-in-the-Middle (MitM) attack.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability will allow an attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.
2) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: N/A)
The vulnerability can be used by a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user’s browser in 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
Install update from vendor's website.