Security Bulletin: IBM Storage Ceph is vulnerable to Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross Site Scripting') in Bootstrap (CVE-2018-20676)

Summary

Bootstrap is used by IBM Storage Ceph as a CSS framework. CVE-2018-20676 This bulletin identifies the steps to take to address the vulnerability in Bootstrap.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2018-20676
**DESCRIPTION:**Bootstrap is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input by the tooltip data-viewport attribute. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute script in a victim’s Web browser within the security context of the hosting Web site. An attacker could use this vulnerability to steal the victim’s cookie-based authentication credentials.
CVSS Base score: 6.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/155338 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability now.
Download the latest version of IBM Storage Ceph and upgrade to 6.1z2 by following instructions.

<https://public.dhe.ibm.com/ibmdl/export/pub/storage/ceph/&gt;
<https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/storage-ceph/6?topic=upgrading&gt;

Workarounds and Mitigations

None