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NetWare Enterprise Web Server Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability Advisory Available in Danish 

Secunia Advisory: SA10711  
Release Date: 2004-01-26
Last Update: 2004-03-29

Critical:
Less critical
Impact: Cross Site Scripting
Exposure of system information
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Unpatched

Software:NetWare Enterprise Web Server 5.x
NetWare Enterprise Web Server 6.x

This advisory is currently marked as unpatched!
- Companies can be alerted when a patch is released!


Description:
Rafel Ivgi has reported a vulnerability in Novell NetWare Enterprise Web Server, allowing malicious people to conduct cross site scripting attacks.

Parameters supplied to the "/perl/" and "/nsn/" interpreters are returned unfiltered in error pages, which can be exploited to inject arbitrary HTML and script code.

Certain other default scripts may reveal potentially sensitive system information:
/servlet/SnoopServlet
/nsn/env.bas
/lcgitest.nlm

The vulnerabilities have been confirmed in version 5.1 and does reportedly also affect version 6.0.

Solution:
Use a proxy server or firewall with URL filtering capabilities to filter malicious requests.

According to the vendor, a fix may be included in CSP 8 for NW5.1 and CSP 5 for NW6 if and when they become available.

Provided and/or discovered by:
Rafel Ivgi

Changelog:
2004-03-29: Added link to vendor TID and updated "Solution" section.

Original Advisory:
http://support.novell.com/cgi-bin/search/searchtid.cgi?/10091529.htm



Please note: The information that this Secunia Advisory is based on comes from a third party unless stated otherwise.

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1 Related Secunia Security Advisories

1. Novell Netware Web Server Perl Module Buffer Overflow


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