CVE-2017-14802 Unvalidated Redirect in NetIQ Access Manager after upgrading to NAM 4.3 AC and IDP URLs

What is CVE-2017-14802?

CVE-2017-14802 is a medium-severity vulnerability in NetIQ Access Manager, published on 2 Mar 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Novell Access Manager Admin Console and IDP servers before 4.3.3 have a URL that could be used by remote attackers to trigger unvalidated redirects to third party sites.

Weakness: CWE-601

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-14802?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Netiq Access Manager.

How do I fix CVE-2017-14802?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-14802 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2017-14802 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-14802 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in NetIQ Access Manager

• CVE-2018-1342 File upload in NetIQ Access Manager, Administrative Console Critical 9.8
• CVE-2017-14803 Code injection in NetIQ Access Manager Critical 9.8
• CVE-2016-5757 Information disclosure in NetIQ Access Manager Critical 9.8
• CVE-2016-5750 File upload in NetIQ iManager High 8.8
• CVE-2016-5758 Cross-site request forgery in NetIQ Access Manager High 8.8

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-4f2v-wwv4-6225.