CVE-2017-7538 Cross-site scripting in Satellite
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Check this codebase for CVE-2017-7538 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2017-7538 is a low-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Redhat Satellite, published on 26 Jul 2018. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-7538 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: Redhat Satellite. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-7538/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-7538/index.md)
An attacker can inject malicious scripts via organization names to execute code or hijack sessions of other Satellite users.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2017-7538?
CVE-2017-7538 is a low-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Redhat Satellite, published on 26 Jul 2018. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
A cross-site scripting (XSS) flaw was found in how an organization name is displayed in Satellite 5, before 5.8. A user able to change an organization's name could exploit this flaw to perform XSS attacks against other Satellite users.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-7538?
It affects 1 product.
Linux distribution packages (40)
satellite-schema Red Hat:network_satellite:5.8::el6 | All versions | 0:5.8.0.33-1.el6sat |
spacewalk-backend Red Hat:network_satellite:5.8::el6 | All versions | 0:2.5.3-151.el6sat |
spacewalk-backend-app Red Hat:network_satellite:5.8::el6 | All versions | 0:2.5.3-151.el6sat |
spacewalk-backend-applet Red Hat:network_satellite:5.8::el6 | All versions | 0:2.5.3-151.el6sat |
spacewalk-backend-cdn Red Hat:network_satellite:5.8::el6 | All versions | 0:2.5.3-151.el6sat |
spacewalk-backend-config-files Red Hat:network_satellite:5.8::el6 | All versions | 0:2.5.3-151.el6sat |
spacewalk-backend-config-files-common Red Hat:network_satellite:5.8::el6 | All versions | 0:2.5.3-151.el6sat |
spacewalk-backend-config-files-tool Red Hat:network_satellite:5.8::el6 | All versions | 0:2.5.3-151.el6sat |
spacewalk-backend-iss Red Hat:network_satellite:5.8::el6 | All versions | 0:2.5.3-151.el6sat |
spacewalk-backend-iss-export Red Hat:network_satellite:5.8::el6 | All versions | 0:2.5.3-151.el6sat |
spacewalk-backend-libs Red Hat:network_satellite:5.8::el6 | All versions | 0:2.5.3-151.el6sat |
spacewalk-backend-package-push-server Red Hat:network_satellite:5.8::el6 | All versions | 0:2.5.3-151.el6sat |
spacewalk-backend-server Red Hat:network_satellite:5.8::el6 | All versions | 0:2.5.3-151.el6sat |
spacewalk-backend-sql Red Hat:network_satellite:5.8::el6 | All versions | 0:2.5.3-151.el6sat |
spacewalk-backend-sql-oracle Red Hat:network_satellite:5.8::el6 | All versions | 0:2.5.3-151.el6sat |
spacewalk-backend-sql-postgresql Red Hat:network_satellite:5.8::el6 | All versions | 0:2.5.3-151.el6sat |
spacewalk-backend-tools Red Hat:network_satellite:5.8::el6 | All versions | 0:2.5.3-151.el6sat |
spacewalk-backend-xml-export-libs Red Hat:network_satellite:5.8::el6 | All versions | 0:2.5.3-151.el6sat |
spacewalk-backend-xmlrpc Red Hat:network_satellite:5.8::el6 | All versions | 0:2.5.3-151.el6sat |
spacewalk-java Red Hat:network_satellite:5.8::el6 | All versions | 0:2.5.14-95.el6sat |
spacewalk-java-config Red Hat:network_satellite:5.8::el6 | All versions | 0:2.5.14-95.el6sat |
spacewalk-java-lib Red Hat:network_satellite:5.8::el6 | All versions | 0:2.5.14-95.el6sat |
spacewalk-java-oracle Red Hat:network_satellite:5.8::el6 | All versions | 0:2.5.14-95.el6sat |
spacewalk-java-postgresql Red Hat:network_satellite:5.8::el6 | All versions | 0:2.5.14-95.el6sat |
spacewalk-schema Red Hat:network_satellite:5.8::el6 | All versions | 0:2.5.1-50.el6sat |
spacewalk-taskomatic Red Hat:network_satellite:5.8::el6 | All versions | 0:2.5.14-95.el6sat |
salt-netapi-client SUSE:Manager Server 3.0 | All versions | 0.12.0-16.3.1 |
smdba SUSE:Manager Server 3.0 | All versions | 1.6.0-0.7.3.1 |
spacewalk-backend SUSE:Manager Server 3.0 | All versions | 2.5.24.13-26.8.1 |
spacewalk-branding SUSE:Manager Server 3.0 | All versions | 2.5.2.14-16.3.1 |
spacewalk-config SUSE:Manager Server 3.0 | All versions | 2.5.2.8-13.3.1 |
spacewalk-java SUSE:Manager Server 3.0 | All versions | 2.5.59.17-27.6.1 |
spacewalk-search SUSE:Manager Server 3.0 | All versions | 2.5.2.3-4.3.1 |
spacewalk-setup-jabberd SUSE:Manager Server 3.0 | All versions | 2.5.0.3-2.3.1 |
spacewalk-web SUSE:Manager Server 3.0 | All versions | 2.5.7.18-25.6.1 |
susemanager SUSE:Manager Server 3.0 | All versions | 3.0.23-25.3.1 |
susemanager-docs_en SUSE:Manager Server 3.0 | All versions | 3-25.3.1 |
susemanager-schema SUSE:Manager Server 3.0 | All versions | 3.0.21-25.3.1 |
susemanager-sync-data SUSE:Manager Server 3.0 | All versions | 3.0.18-28.3.1 |
virtual-host-gatherer SUSE:Manager Server 3.0 | All versions | 1.0.14-7.3.1 |
Products include Redhat Satellite.
How do I fix CVE-2017-7538?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.
Is CVE-2017-7538 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-7538 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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Sources
Also known as GHSA-5v3c-p3h6-5654, RHSA-2017:2645, SUSE-SU-2017:2453-1.