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TITLE:
IBM HMC Login Panel Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA50376

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RELEASE DATE:
2012-08-22

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DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in IBM Hardware Management Console
(HMC), which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct
cross-site scripting attacks.

Certain input passed via "Help link" to the login panel 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.

The vulnerabilities are reported in versions R7.1.0, R7.2.0, and
R7.3.0.

SOLUTION:
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PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
The vendor credits CitiGroup, Inc.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
https://www.ibm.com/connections/blogs/PSIRT/entry/security_bulletin_the_help_link_on_the_power_hmc_login_panel_is_susceptible_to_reflected_cross_site_scripting_cve_2012_329617
http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/firmware/readme?fixid=MH01258
http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/firmware/readme?fixid=MH01253
http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/firmware/readme?fixid=MH01257

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