CA Technologies Support is alerting customers to multiple potential risks with CA Spectrum. Two vulnerabilities exist that can potentially allow a remote authenticated attacker to gain sensitive information or escalate privileges. The first issue is a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability which occurs due to insufficient validation of requests. An authenticated remote attacker can potentially execute script with increased privileges. The second issue occurs due to insufficient validation of data sent using serialized Java objects. A remote authenticated attacker can potentially gain administrative privileges on the host.
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CA20150407-01: Security Notice for CA Spectrum
Issued: April 7, 2015
CA Technologies Support is alerting customers to multiple potential
risks with CA Spectrum. Two vulnerabilities exist that can
potentially allow a remote authenticated attacker to gain sensitive
information or escalate privileges.
The first issue is a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability,
CVE-2015-2827, which occurs due to insufficient validation of
requests. An authenticated remote attacker can potentially execute
script with increased privileges.
The second issue, CVE-2015-2828, occurs due to insufficient
validation of data sent using serialized Java objects. A remote
authenticated attacker can potentially gain administrative privileges
on the host.
Risk Rating
High
Platform
All
Affected Products
CA Spectrum 9.2.x
CA Spectrum 9.3, 9.3 H01
Unaffected Products
CA Spectrum 9.3 H02 and newer releases
CA Spectrum 9.4 and newer releases
How to determine if the installation is affected
Use one of the below methods to find the CA Spectrum product version:
1. CA OneClick Console: Click on Help -> About
2. Open the Spectrum Console Panel on the SpectroServer and click on
Help -> About
3. On SpectroServer: Go to the Spectrum install directory, open the
.installrc file and find the VERSION
Solution
CA Spectrum 9.2.x:
Update to CA Spectrum 9.3 H02, 9.4 or the latest available release
CA Spectrum 9.3, 9.3 H01:
Update to CA Spectrum 9.3 H02 or the latest available release
References
CVE-2015-2827 - Spectrum stored cross-site scripting vulnerability
CVE-2015-2828 - Spectrum serialized Java object privilege escalation
Acknowledgement
CVE-2015-2827, CVE-2015-2828 - Neil Jones, NCC Group
Change History
Version 1.0: Initial Release
If additional information is required, please contact CA Technologies
Support at https://support.ca.com/
If you discover a vulnerability in CA Technologies products, please
report your findings to the CA Technologies Product Vulnerability
Response Team at vuln@ca.com
Security Notices
https://support.ca.com/irj/portal/anonymous/phpsbpldgpg
Regards,
Kevin Kotas
Vulnerability Response Director
CA Technologies Product Vulnerability Response Team
Copyright (c) 2015 CA. All Rights Reserved. One CA Plaza, Islandia,
N.Y. 11749. All other trademarks, trade names, service marks, and
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