SB2018041302 - Multiple vulnerabilities in VMware vRealize Automation

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SB2018041302 - Multiple vulnerabilities in VMware vRealize Automation

Published: April 13, 2018

Security Bulletin ID SB2018041302
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Data manipulation

Breakdown by Severity

Low 100%
  • Low
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  • Critical

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-6958)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.

The weakness exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data. 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.


2) Security restrictions bypass (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-6959)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions on the target system.

The weakness exists in the handling of session IDs due to missing renewal of session tokens. A remote attacker can bypass security restrictions and hijack a valid vRA user's session.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References