Security Bulletin: IBM Sterling Control Center has various vulnerabilities (CVE-2013-2968 and CVE-2013-2969)

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VULNERABILITY DETAILS:

CVE ID: CVE-2013-2968

DESCRIPTION: - Denial of Service
IBM Sterling Control Center (SCC) uses a buffer read method which can potentially result in a Denial of Service (DoS) if a user causes SCC to read a file and the file is large and has no EOL characters.

CVSS Base Score: 6.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/83859 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/AU:S/C:N/I:N/A:C)


CVE ID: CVE-2013-2969

DESCRIPTION: - Cross Site Scripting
IBM Sterling Control Center allows some invalid characters to be returned to the user, whereby a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack could occur. When a web application uses input from a user in the output it generates without filtering it, an attacker can insert an attack in that input and the web application sends the attack to other users.

CVSS Base Score: 3.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/83860 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/AU:S/C:N/I:P/A:N)


AFFECTED PRODUCTS AND VERSIONS:
IBM Sterling Control Center 5.4 through 5.4.0.1
IBM Sterling Control Center 5.3 through 5.3.0.3
IBM Sterling Control Center 5.2 through 5.2.0.8


REMEDIATION:

The recommended solution is to upgrade to the current release as soon as practical. Please see below for information about the fixes available.

*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.