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Novell ZENworks ChangePassword RPC XPath Injection

medium Nessus Plugin ID 88982

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Synopsis

The remote ZENworks server is affected by an information disclosure vulnerability.

Description

The remote Novell ZENWworks Configuration Management (ZCM) server is affected by an information disclosure vulnerability in the ChangePassword RPC implementation that is triggered when handling malformed queries involving a system entity reference. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this, via XPath injection, to read arbitrary text files.

Solution

Apply the patch provided by Micro Focus.

See Also

https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-167/

https://support.microfocus.com/kb/doc.php?id=7017240

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 88982

File Name: novell_zenworks_xpath_injection.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: remote

Family: Misc.

Published: 2/26/2016

Updated: 6/5/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Enable CGI Scanning: true

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-5970

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:novell:zenworks_configuration_management

Required KB Items: www/zenworks_control_center

Excluded KB Items: Settings/disable_cgi_scanning

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/10/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/10/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-5970

BID: 83238