JVN#64227086 NewsGlue and Ikinari Jijyoutsuu arbitrary script execution vulnerability

Overview

NewsGlue and Ikinari Jijyoutsuu are RSS readers. An arbitrary script embedded in RSS feeds could be executed in either of the RSS readers, as they fail to handle the output of RSS information properly.

Products Affected

NewsGlue 1.3.3 and earlier
Ikinari Jijyoutsuu version 1.0.0 and 1.0.1

Description

Impact

An arbitrary script could be executed in NewsGlue or Ikinari Jijyoutsuu. Arbitrary files on client PCs could be accessed by an attacker.

Solution

Vendor Status

Vendor	Status	Last Update	Vendor Notes
Glue Software Corporation	Vulnerable	2007/03/22
SOURCENEXT CORPORATION	Vulnerable	2007/03/22

References

JPCERT/CC Addendum

Vulnerability Analysis by JPCERT/CC

Analyzed on 2007.03.22

Measures	Conditions	Severity
Access Required	Routed - can be attacked over the Internet using packets	High
Authentication	None - anonymous or no authentication (IP addresses do not count)	High
User Interaction Required	Simple - the user must be convinced to take a standard action that does not feel harmful to most users, such as click on a link or view a file	Medium
Exploit Complexity	Low - little to no expertise and/or luck required to exploit (cross-site scripting)	High

Description of each analysis measures

Credit

Daiki Fukumori of Secure Sky Technology, Inc. reported this vulnerability to IPA.
JPCERT/CC coordinated with the vendors under Information Security Early Warning Partnership.

Other Information

JPCERT Alert
JPCERT Reports
CERT Advisory
CPNI Advisory
TRnotes
CVE
JVN iPedia	JVNDB-2007-000225