Bug 1471262 – CVE-2017-7538 Satellite 5: organization name allows XSS

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Bug 1471262 - (CVE-2017-7538) CVE-2017-7538 Satellite 5: organization name allows XSS

Summary:	CVE-2017-7538 Satellite 5: organization name allows XSS

Status:	CLOSED ERRATA

Aliases:	CVE-2017-7538

Product:	Security Response
Classification:	Other
Component:	vulnerability (Show other bugs)
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Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All Linux

Priority	medium Severity medium
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Assigned To:	Red Hat Product Security
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Keywords:	Security

Depends On:	1460208 1471263
Blocks:	1471265
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Reported:	2017-07-14 16:42 EDT by Kurt Seifried
Modified:	2018-07-26 09:18 EDT (History)
CC List:	6 users (show)

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Fixed In Version:	rhn_satellite 5.8
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Doc Text:	A cross-site scripting (XSS) flaw was found in how an organization name is displayed in Satellite 5. A user able to change an organization's name could exploit this flaw to perform XSS attacks against other Satellite users.
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Last Closed:	2017-09-14 05:12:54 EDT
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Tracker	ID	Priority	Status	Summary	Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata	RHSA-2017:2645	normal	SHIPPED_LIVE	Moderate: satellite and spacewalk security and bug fix update	2017-09-06 12:26:43 EDT

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Description Kurt Seifried 2017-07-14 16:42:29 EDT

Ales Dujicek of Red Hat reports:
The organization name is used in a variety of web pages without being sanitized for HTML special characters, resulting in a stored cross site scripting (XSS) vulnerability.

Comment 1 Kurt Seifried 2017-07-14 16:42:40 EDT

Acknowledgments:

Name: Ales Dujicek (Red Hat)

Comment 4 errata-xmlrpc 2017-09-06 08:28:42 EDT

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Satellite 5.8
  Red Hat Satellite 5.8 ELS

Via RHSA-2017:2645 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2645

Comment 5 Tomas Lestach 2017-09-14 04:16:17 EDT

Can this BZ be closed? The associated erratum went live on 2017-09-06

Comment 6 Andrej Nemec 2017-09-14 05:12:54 EDT

(In reply to Tomas Lestach from comment #5)
> Can this BZ be closed? The associated erratum went live on 2017-09-06

This is fine to close, thanks!

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