TITLE: Security Bulletin: Web Experience Factory Java API Documentation Frame
Injection Vulnerability (CVE-2013-1571)
Abstract: Java API Documentation contains a frame injection vulnerability.
Content
VULNERABILITY DETAILS:
CVEID: CVE-2013-1571
DESCRIPTION: HTML documentation generated by the Javadoc tool contains a
security vulnerability. The vulnerability allows an attacker to craft a malicious
link to the documentation which injects arbitrary content into the main
frame. The injected content appears to originate from the site hosting the
documentation, but in fact it is hosted elsewhere, and may contain malicious links
or content. This type of attack is known as "clickjacking".
The attack does not require authentication and may be exploited remotely if the
html page is network available, but some degree of specialized knowledge and
techniques are required. An exploit would not impact the confidentiality of
information or the availability of the system, but data integrity could be
compromised.
CVSS Base Score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/84715 for the
current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
AFFECTED PRODUCTS AND VERSIONS:
Web Experience Factory: All Web Experience Factory specific Javadoc in version
7.0.0.x and later.
REMEDIATION:
Users hosting publicly facing Java API Documentation are strongly encouraged
to use Oracle’s Java API Documentation Updater Tool, a repair-in-place tool
meant to correct existing documentation.
The Tool is available to all Java users on
www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/.
WORKAROUND(S):
None
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MITIGATION(S):
None
REFERENCES:
• Complete CVSS Guide
• On-line Calculator V2
• CVE-2013-1571
• X-Force Vulnerability Database http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/84715
RELATED INFORMATION:
IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog
Java API Documentation Updater Tool
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
None
CHANGE HISTORY
18 June 2013: Original Copy Published
*The CVSS Environment Score is customer environment specific and will ultimately
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