Reflected XSS in GroupWise Administration Console

  • 7017973
  • 23-Aug-2016
  • 24-Aug-2016

Environment

GroupWise 2014 R2 (up to and including SP1)
GroupWise 2014

Situation

A vulnerability exists in the GroupWise administration console that may allow an attacker to execute javascript in the context of an authenticated user by tricking the user into clicking on a specially crafted link. This could lead to session compromise or enable other browser based attacks.

Resolution

To resolve this vulnerability, update your GroupWise Server components to GroupWise 2014 R2 Support Pack 1 Hot Patch 1 (or later).
 
This vulnerability was discovered and reported by Wolfgang Ettlinger working with SEC Consult.
 
Novell bug 987681, CVE-2016-5760

Status

Security Alert

Bug Number

987681