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TITLE:
IBM WebSphere Application Server for z/OS Cross-Site Scripting and
Insecure File Permissions

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA34461

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/34461/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability and a security issue have been reported in WebSphere
Application Server, which can be exploited by malicious, local users
to read or manipulate certain files, and by malicious people to
conduct cross-site scripting attacks.

1) Input passed via unspecified parameters to the administrative
console 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.

This is related to vulnerability #1 in:
SA34131

2) An error exists due to interim fixes that replace existing files
or create new files incorrectly setting permission to 777.

The vulnerability and the security issue are reported in WebSphere
Application Server V7.0 for z/OS.

SOLUTION:
Apply APAR PK82988 or update to 7.0.0.3 for V7.0 for z/OS when it
becomes available.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported by the vendor.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
IBM (PK77505, PK77590):
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1PK82988

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA34131:
http://secunia.com/advisories/34131/

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