PT-2009-2940 · Novell · Novell Groupwise Webaccess

Published 2009-02-02 · Updated 2018-10-11 · CVE-2009-0273

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.3

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Novell GroupWise WebAccess versions 6.5x through 8.0

Description The issue allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML, potentially affecting a large number of devices worldwide. This can be achieved via several vectors, including the User.id and Library.queryText parameters to "gw/webacc", as well as through HTML e-mail and HTML attachments.

Recommendations For Novell GroupWise WebAccess versions 6.5x through 8.0, consider restricting access to the vulnerable parameters User.id and Library.queryText in the "gw/webacc" endpoint until a patch is available. Additionally, avoid using HTML e-mail and HTML attachments in these versions to minimize the risk of exploitation. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2009-0273

Affected Products

Novell Groupwise Webaccess

References · 11

• http://novell.com/support/search.do?usemicrosite=true&searchString=7002320 · Vendor Advisory
• http://novell.com/support/search.do?usemicrosite=true&searchString=7002321 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-0273 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/500572/100/0/threaded · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/33744 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/500575/100/0/threaded · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/33537 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/33541 · Note
• http://procheckup.com/vulnerability_manager/vulnerabilities/pr08-23 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-0273 · Note
• http://procheckup.com/vulnerability_manager/vulnerabilities/pr08-22 · Note