Security Bulletin: Open redirect and cross-site scripting vulnerabilities in RPE help system (CVE-2012-2159, CVE-2012-2161)

VULNERABILITY DETAILS

CVE ID: CVE-2012-2159

DESCRIPTION: Some scripts used by the help system are vulnerable to redirects from trusted to untrusted web sites when users click a malicious link.

CVSS Base Score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/74832 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)

CVE ID: CVE-2012-2161

DESCRIPTION: Some scripts used by the help system are vulnerable to cross-site scripting attacks.

CVSS Base Score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/74833 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)


AFFECTED PLATFORMS:
Version 1.1.2.2 and earlier of IBM Rational Publishing Engine running on Microsoft Windows or Linux operating systems are affected.

REMEDIATION:
The recommended solution is to update RPE to version 1.2 as soon as practical. Please see below for information on the fixes available.

Fix:
For IBM Rational Publishing Engine, update to version 1.2. See this page for obtaining the updated version: http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg24033517

WORKAROUND:
None known; install update.

Mitigation:
For IBM Rational Publishing Engine:

• Do not allow other users to log in to your Rational Publishing desktop client.

REFERENCES :
Complete CVSS Guide ( http://www.first.org/cvss/cvss-guide.html)
On-line Calculator V2 ( http://nvd.nist.gov/cvss.cfm?calculator&adv&version=2)
X-Force Vulnerability Database ( http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/74832)
X-Force Vulnerability Database ( http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/74833)
CVE-2012-2159 ( http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-2159)
CVE-2012-2161 ( http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-2161)

*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.

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