CVE-2016-3097

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2016-3097  

A stored cross-site scripting (XSS) flaw was found in the way spacewalk-java displayed group names. An attacker can embed HTML and Javascript in the values for group names in Satellite, allowing them to inject malicious content into the web page that is then displayed when viewing the snapshot data.

A stored cross-site scripting (XSS) flaw was found in the way spacewalk-java displayed group names. An attacker can embed HTML and Javascript in the values for group names in Satellite, allowing them to inject malicious content into the web page that is then displayed when viewing the snapshot data.

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CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score 4.3
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact None

CVSS v3 metrics

CVSS3 Base Score 5.4
CVSS3 Base Metrics CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction Required
Scope Changed
Confidentiality Low
Integrity Impact Low
Availability Impact None

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Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Satellite 5.7 (RHEL v.6) (spacewalk-java) RHSA-2016:1484 2016-07-26

Acknowledgements

This issue was discovered by Jan Hutař (Red Hat).