Merak Mail Server prior 5.2.7 address.html Cross Site Scripting 1.2
 
Plugin ID172
Plugin nameMerak Mail Server prior 5.2.7 address.html Cross Site Scripting
Plugin filenameMerak Mail Server prior 5.2.7 address_html Cross Site Scripting.plugin
Plugin filesize3849 bytes
Plugin familyCGI
Plugin created nameMarc Ruef
Plugin created emailmarc dot ruef at computec dot ch
Plugin created webhttp://www.computec.ch
Plugin created companycomputec.ch
Plugin created date2004/09/08
Plugin updated nameMarc Ruef
Plugin updated emailmarc dot ruef at computec dot ch
Plugin updated webhttp://www.computec.ch
Plugin updated companycomputec.ch
Plugin updated date2004/11/13
Plugin version1.2
Plugin changelogCorrected the fixing time value in version 1.0 (minutes instead of hours). Corrected the plugin structure and added the accuracy values in 1.2
Plugin protocoltcp
Plugin port4096
Plugin procedure exploitopen|send GET /launch.jsp?NFuse_Application=>foo</script> HTTP/1.0\n\n|sleep|close|pattern_exists script>foo</script
Plugin exploit accuracy99
Plugin commentCheck is inspired by the Nessus plugin.
Bug published emailsecurity at criolabs.net
Bug published webhttp://www.criolabs.net
Bug published companyCriolabs Staff
Bug published date2004/08/17
Bug advisoryhttp://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2004-08/0239.html
Bug affectedMerak Mail Server prior 5.2.7
Bug not affectedMerak Mail Server 7.5.2 and newer
Bug vulnerability classCross Site Scripting
Bug descriptionThe remote host is running a Merak Mail Server prior 5.2.7. There is a bug in address.html which makes it vulnerable to cross site scripting attacks. An attacker may use this bug to run arbitrary web code in the context of the web site. There are also affecting some other critical flaws the determined version of Merak Mail Server. See OSVDB 9037 to 9045 for more details.
Bug solutionYou should upgrade to version 7.5.2 or higher. See http://www.MerakMailServer.com/Download/ for downloads. Change the default directory of the affected suite to make it harder to run pre-defined and automated attacks against the vulnerability. Also limit unwanted connections and communications with firewalling if possible.
Bug fixing timeApprox. 45 minutes
Bug exploit availabilityYes
Bug exploit urlhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10966/exploit/
Bug remoteYes
Bug localYes
Bug severityMedium
Bug popularity5
Bug simplicity7
Bug impact7
Bug risk6
Bug Nessus riskMedium
Bug check toolsNessus is able to do the same check. The possibilities of exploiting this kind of vulnerabilities is well-known and well documented.
Source SecurityFocus BID10966
Source OSVDB ID9037
Source Security Tracker ID1010969
Source Nessus ID14379
Source ISS X-Force ID17024
Source LiteratureHacking Exposed: Network Security Secrets & Solutions, Stuart McClure, Joel Scambray and George Kurtz, February 25, 2003, 4th Edition, McGraw-Hill Osborne Media, ISBN 0072227427
Source Misc.http://www.computec.ch

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