SB2018030809 - Multiple vulnerabilities in Atlassian Fisheye and Crucible
Published: March 8, 2018 Updated: May 14, 2018
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.
1) Improper input validation (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-5223)
The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The weakness exists due to incorrect check if a configured Mercurial repository URI contained values that the Windows operating system may consider argument parameters. A remote attacker can supply a specially crafted input and execute arbitrary code.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in system compromise.
2) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-5228)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
The weakness exists in the /browse/~raw resource due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.