Security Bulletin: Multiple security vulnerabilities in IBM Sales Center for WebSphere Commerce (CVE-2008-7271, CVE-2010-4647, CVE-2012-0186, CVE-2012-0191, CVE-2012-2159, CVE-2012-2161)

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VULNERABILITY DETAILS – Directory Traversal
CVE ID: CVE-2012-0186 

DESCRIPTION: Specially crafted URLs can be sent to the Eclipse Help component of IBM Sales Center for WebSphere Commerce V6.0 and V7.0 to disclose the location of private resources (files).

CVSS: Using the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) Version 2, the security ratings for these issues are:

CVSS Base Score: 4.3 
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/72096 for the current score 
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined 
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N) 


VULNERABILITY DETAILS – Flawed Access Control Checks for Remote requests to Web Container 
CVE ID: CVE-2012-0191 

DESCRIPTION: Malicious users can spoof request headers sent to the IBM Sales Center for WebSphere Commerce V7.0 web container exploiting a flaw in access control checking to make it appear that the request came from localhost.

CVSS: Using the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) Version 2, the security ratings for these issues are:

CVSS Base Score: 5 
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/72156 for the current score 
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined 
CVSS String: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N) 


VULNERABILITY DETAILS – Multiple cross-site scripting issues in the Help Contents
CVE IDs: CVE-2008-7271

DESCRIPTION: Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the Help Contents of IBM Sales Center for WebSphere Commerce V6.0 and V7.0, allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML.

CVSS: Using the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) Version 2, the security ratings for these issues are:

CVSS Base Score: 4.3 
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64834 for the current score.
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined 
CVSS String: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)


VULNERABILITY DETAILS – Multiple cross-site scripting issues in the Help Contents
CVE IDs: CVE-2010-4647

DESCRIPTION: Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the Help Contents of IBM Sales Center for WebSphere Commerce V6.0 and V7.0, allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML.

CVSS: Using the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) Version 2, the security ratings for these issues are:

CVSS Base Score: 4.3 
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64833 for the current score.
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined 
CVSS String: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)


VULNERABILITY DETAILS – Cross-site Scripting issue in Help Contents
CVE IDs: CVE-2012-2161

DESCRIPTION: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Help Contents of IBM Sales Center for WebSphere Commerce V6.0 and V7.0, allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML.

CVSS: Using the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) Version 2, the security ratings for these issues are:

CVSS Base Score: 4.3 
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74833 for the current score.
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined 
CVSS String: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)


VULNERABILITY DETAILS: Eclipse Help System Open Redirect
CVE ID: CVE-2012-2159

DESCRIPTION: A remote unauthenticated attacker could exploit a security vulnerability in IBM Eclipse Help server of IBM Sales Center for WebSphere Commerce V6.0 and V7.0 to redirect to a specified URL.

CVSS: Using the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) Version 2, the security ratings for these issues are:

CVSS Base Score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79232 for the current score.
CVSS Environmental Score: Undefined
CVSS String: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)


AFFECTED PRODUCTS:

IBM Sales Center for WebSphere Commerce V6.0 (CVE-2008-7271, CVE-2010-4647, CVE-2012-0186, CVE-2012-2159, CVE-2012-2161)

IBM Sales Center for WebSphere Commerce V7.0 (CVE-2008-7271, CVE-2010-4647, CVE-2012-0186, CVE-2012-2159, CVE-2012-2161, CVE-2012-0191)

REMEDIATION:

VENDOR FIX(ES):

For IBM Sales Center for WebSphere Commerce V7.0: Apply IBM Lotus Expeditor 6.2 Client for Desktop Security Interim Fix 3.

For IBM Sales Center for WebSphere Commerce V6.0: A fix is not available. Please see the WORKAROUND section for instructions to disable the Help.

WORKAROUND(S):

For IBM Sales Center for WebSphere Commerce V6.0:

1) Uninstall Sales Center Help functionality and access the online Information Center. Any custom information you have added to the Help needs to be manually exported to a PDF or other desired format.

Instructions to uninstall Help:

i) Navigate to the following directory: <Sales_Center_Install_dir>\rcp\eclipse\plugins
ii) Backup the following plugins and then delete them:
com.ibm.pvc.wct.platform.help_6.0.0.20050921
com.ibm.eswe.help.webapp_6.0.0.20050921
com.ibm.eswe.help.appserver_6.0.0.20050921

iii) If you ever need to revert the environment, copy the plugins back to the following directory: <Sales_Center_Install_dir>\rcp\eclipse\plugins

OR

2) Upgrade to WebSphere Commerce V7.0 and Sales Center for WebSphere Commerce V7.0

For IBM Sales Center for WebSphere Commerce V7.0: None known.

MITIGATION(S): None known.

REFERENCES:

Complete CVSS v2 Guide

On-line Calculator v2

X-Force Vulnerability 64834

X-Force Vulnerability 64833

X-Force Vulnerability 74833

X-Force Vulnerability 72096

X-Force Vulnerability 72191

X-Force Vulnerability 79232

CVE-2008-7271

CVE-2010-4647

CVE-2012-0186

CVE-2012-0191

CVE-2012-2159

CVE-2012-2161

RELATED INFORMATION:

IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal

IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

CHANGE HISTORY:

*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 Flash.

Note: According to the Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams (FIRST), the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) is an "industry open standard designed to convey vulnerability severity and help to determine urgency and priority of response." IBM PROVIDES THE CVSS SCORES "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. CUSTOMERS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ASSESSING THE IMPACT OF ANY ACTUAL OR POTENTIAL SECURITY VULNERABILITY