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Security Bulletin: IBM b-type SAN switches and directors affected by XSS vulnerabilities CVE-2017-6225.

Security Bulletin


Summary

Fabric OS is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input by the web-based management interface. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to inject malicious script into a Web page which would be executed in a victim's Web browser within the security context of the hosting Web site, once the page is viewed. An attacker could use this vulnerability to steal the victim's cookie-based authentication credentials.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2017-6225
DESCRIPTION: Brocade Fabric OS is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input by the web-based management interface. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to inject malicious script into a Web page which would be executed in a victim's Web browser within the security context of the hosting Web site, once the page is viewed. An attacker could use this vulnerability to steal the victim's cookie-based authentication credentials.
CVSS Base Score: 6.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/138944 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected IBM b-type Network/Storage switches

Affected Versions
IBM FOS Firmware7.X prior to 7.4.2b
IBM FOS Firmware8.X prior to 8.1.2a

Remediation/Fixes


Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

Complete CVSS v2 Guide
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Related Information

IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

Change History

02-19-18: Initial Creation.

*The CVSS Environment Score is customer environment specific and will ultimately impact the Overall CVSS Score. Customers can evaluate the impact of this vulnerability in their environments by accessing the links in the Reference section of this Security Bulletin.

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Document Information

More support for:
IBM Storage Networking SAN512B-6

Software version:
All Versions

Operating system(s):
N/A

Document number:
650695

Modified date:
27 February 2023

UID

ssg1S1012113

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