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ImanagerApplication · Novell

CVE-2013-1088

MEDIUM · 6.8 CVSS v2.0 Published 2013-04-24
Fix available
A fix is available. Upgrade to after 2.7 or later.
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77/100
Remediation priority · High
Remotely reachable No privileges Zero-click

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Novell iManager 2.7 before SP6 Patch 1 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of arbitrary users by leveraging improper request validation by iManager code deployed within an Apache Tomcat container.

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

dbcve analysis · high confidence

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Novell iManager 2.7 prior to SP6 Patch 1 allows remote attackers to hijack user authentication by tricking authenticated users into unknowingly submitting malicious requests due to improper request validation in the iManager code running on Apache Tomcat.

MitigationApply SP6 Patch 1 for Novell iManager 2.7 to remediate; alternatively implement anti-CSRF tokens and validate Origin/Referer headers if patch deployment is not feasible.

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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.

NVD · CPE data
ImanagerApplication
Affected:<= 2.7= 2.7= 2.7.1= 2.7.2= 2.7.3= 2.7.4= 2.7.5

CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

From the vector
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
M
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.

dbcve checks

Work through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.

  1. Locate iManager version information
    Access the Novell iManager web interface and navigate to the About or Help section, which typically displays the installed version number
    Affected if The displayed version falls within 2.7, 2.7.1, 2.7.2, 2.7.3, 2.7.4, or 2.7.5 (or any 2.7.x version without the SP6 Patch 1 applied)
  2. Verify patch level
    Check whether SP6 Patch 1 for iManager 2.7 has been applied. This is typically shown in the same About section or in the patch management console
    Affected if No patch information is displayed or the version shows as unpatched SP6
  3. Confirm service is running
    Verify that the iManager application is accessible and running on the Apache Tomcat server
    Affected if iManager is actively serving requests to users

You are affected if iManager is running and the installed version is 2.7.x without SP6 Patch 1 applied.

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

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From vendor data
Upgrade available Upgrade to a release after 2.7
Interim mitigation

Apply SP6 Patch 1 for Novell iManager 2.7 to remediate; alternatively implement anti-CSRF tokens and validate Origin/Referer headers if patch deployment is not feasible.

Fix this in Imanager Scoped from the published advisory
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  • Implementation6.0 h
  • Testing3.0 h
  • Review / QA2.0 h
14.0 hours of engineering $2,490
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