AlienVault OSSIM SQL Injection vulnerability

[jakx.ppr () gmail com]

 INDEX
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    1. Background
    2. Description
    3. Affected Products
    4. Vulnerability
    5. Solution
    6. Credit
    7. Disclosure Timeline


1. BACKGROUND
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    OSSIM by AlienVault is an Open Source Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) platform, comprising a 
collection of tools designed to aid network administrator in computer security, intrusion detection and prevention. 
(Wikipedia)


2. DESCRIPTION
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    A vulnerability has been discovered in the OSSIM's OCS Inventory web interface due to    insufficient input 
validation before inserting untrusted, user-supplied data into a SQL query.


3. AFFECTED PRODUCTS
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    AlienVault OSSIM 4.3

  
4. VULNERABILITIES
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    4.1  /ocsreports/tele_stats.php

        4.11 The associated query was confirmed to be running with 'root' user privileges


5. SOLUTION
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    Vendor contacted and confirmed that vulnerable application was removed in recent     versions. Upgrade to latest 
version.

    http://forums.alienvault.com/discussion/1873/security-advisory-all-alienvault-versions-prior-to-v4-3-3-1


6. CREDIT
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    This vulnerability was discovered by Andrew Smith.


7. DISCLOSURE TIMELINE
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    1-18-2014 - Vulnerability Discovered
    1-27-2014 - Vendor Informed
    2-3-2014 - Public Disclosure