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TITLE:
Novell GroupWise WebAccess Multiple Vulnerabilities

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA40579

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https://ca.secunia.com/?page=viewadvisory&vuln_id=40579

RELEASE DATE:
2010-07-15

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DESCRIPTION:
Multiple vulnerabilities have been reported in Novell GroupWise,
which can be exploited by malicious users to disclose potentially
sensitive information and by malicious people to conduct cross-site
scripting attacks.

1) An unspecified error in the WebAccess component can be exploited
to disclose authentication information.

2) Certain input passed to the WebAccess component when replying to a
message is not properly sanitised before being returned to the user.
This can be exploited to execute arbitrary HTML and script code in a
user's browser session in context of an affected site.

3) Certain input is not properly sanitised in the WebAccess component
before being returned to the user. This can be exploited to execute
arbitrary HTML and script code in a user's browser session in context
of an affected site.

SOLUTION:
Update to GroupWise 8 Support Pack 2 or later.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
1) The vendor credits Kevin Lynn, The George Washington University.
2) The vendor credits scriptjunkie via ZDI.
3) The vendor credits Pat Bergoch, Amerimark.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
Novell:
http://www.novell.com/support/viewContent.do?externalId=7006373
http://www.novell.com/support/viewContent.do?externalId=7006376
http://www.novell.com/support/viewContent.do?externalId=7006379

OTHER REFERENCES:
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http://secunia.com/products/corporate/EVM/

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EXTENDED DESCRIPTION:
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EXTENDED SOLUTION:
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EXPLOIT:
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http://secunia.com/products/corporate/EVM/

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