Title: CA20090615-02: CA Service Desk Tomcat Cross Site Scripting 
Vulnerability


CA Advisory Reference: CA20090615-02


CA Advisory Date: 2009-06-15


Impact: A remote attacker can inject arbitrary web script or HTML.


Summary: The release of Tomcat as included with CA Service Desk 
r11.2 is potentially susceptible to a cross-site scripting 
vulnerability.  CA has issued a technical document that describes 
remediation procedures.


Mitigating Factors: None


Severity: CA has given this vulnerability a Medium risk rating.


Affected Products:
CA Service Desk r11.2


Affected Platforms:
Windows, Unix


Status and Recommendation:
Follow the instructions in technical document TEC489643.
https://support.ca.com/irj/portal/anonymous/\
redirArticles?reqPage=search&searchID=TEC489643

How to determine if the installation is affected:
Customers can use the instructions in technical document TEC489643 
to determine if an installation may be affected.


Workaround: 
None


References (URLs may wrap):
CA Support:
https://support.ca.com/
CA20090615-02: Security Notice for CA Service Desk
https://support.ca.com/irj/portal/anonymous/phpsupcontent?contentID=2095
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Solution Document Reference APARs:
TEC489643
CA Security Response Blog posting:
CA20090615-02: CA Service Desk Tomcat Cross Site Scripting 
   Vulnerability
community.ca.com/blogs/casecurityresponseblog/archive/2009/06/15.aspx
CVE References:
CVE-2008-1232
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1232
OSVDB References: Pending
http://osvdb.org/


Changelog for this advisory:
v1.0 - Initial Release


Customers who require additional information should contact CA
Technical Support at https://support.ca.com.

For technical questions or comments related to this advisory, 
please send email to vuln AT ca DOT com.

If you discover a vulnerability in CA products, please report your 
findings to the CA Product Vulnerability Response Team.
https://support.ca.com/irj/portal/anonymous/phpsupcontent?contentID=1777
82


Regards,
Ken Williams, Director ; 0xE2941985
CA Product Vulnerability Response Team


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