Vulnerability Note VU#352110

BEA WebLogic Server internal methods may disclose sensitive information

Overview

There is a vulnerability in BEA WebLogic Server that could allow users to obtain the credentials of the user who booted the server.

I. Description

BEA Systems describes WebLogic Server as "an industrial-strength application infrastructure for developing, integrating, securing, and managing distributed Java applications." WebLogic Server provides a number of internal methods to interface with the server. A local or remote user with privileges to install and execute code implementing these internal methods could obtain the username and password of the user who booted the system.

The BEA Security Advisory states that the following versions of WebLogic Server and Express are affected by this vulnerability:

WebLogic Server and WebLogic Express version 8.1 through Service Pack 2, on all platforms
WebLogic Server and WebLogic Express version 7.0 through Service Pack 4, on all platforms

II. Impact

A local or remote user with privileges to install and execute code on the server could obtain the username and password of the user who booted the server.

III. Solution

Upgrade

BEA has released an advisory to address this issue. The BEA Security Advisory recommends that users take the following action:

1. Upgrade to WebLogic Server and WebLogic Express version 8.1 Service Pack 2.

ftp://ftpna.beasys.com/pub/releases/security/CR132949_81sp2.jar

WebLogic Server version 8.1 Service Pack 3 will include the functionality in this patch.

WebLogic Server and WebLogic Express version 7.0

1. Upgrade to WebLogic Server and WebLogic Express version 7.0 Service Pack 5.

Systems Affected

Vendor	Status	Date Notified	Date Updated
BEA Systems Inc.	Vulnerable	22-Apr-2004

References

http://dev2dev.bea.com/resourcelibrary/advisoriesnotifications/BEA04_55.00.jsp
http://secunia.com/advisories/11359/
http://securitytracker.com/alerts/2004/Apr/1009766.html

Credit

This vulnerability was reported by BEA Systems Inc.

This document was written by Damon Morda.

Other Information

Date Public:	2004-04-14
Date First Published:	2004-04-22
Date Last Updated:	2004-04-30
CERT Advisory:
CVE-ID(s):
NVD-ID(s):
US-CERT Technical Alerts:
Metric:	3.12
Document Revision:	10

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