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Security Bulletin: PowerVC is impacted by an XSS vulnerability discovered in noVNC (CVE-2017-18635)

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Summary

An XSS vulnerability was discovered in noVNC before 0.6.2 in which the remote VNC server could inject arbitrary HTML into the noVNC web page via the messages propagated to the status field, such as the VNC server name.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2017-18635
DESCRIPTION:   noVNC is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using the messages propagated to the status field 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/170236 for the current score.
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 Product(s)Version(s)
IBM PowerVC Standard1.4.2
IBM PowerVC Standard1.4.3
IBM Cloud PowerVC Manager1.4.2
IBM Cloud PowerVC Manager1.4.3

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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Change History

11 Mar 2020: Initial Publication

*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 Location

Worldwide

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Document Information

Modified date:
11 March 2020

Initial Publish date:
11 March 2020

UID

ibm15695569