[SA19308] BEA WebLogic Portal JSR-168 Portlets Rendering Security Issue

TITLE:
BEA WebLogic Portal JSR-168 Portlets Rendering Security Issue

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA19308

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/19308/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Exposure of sensitive information

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
BEA WebLogic Portal 8.x
http://secunia.com/product/5149/

DESCRIPTION:
A security issue has been reported in WebLogic Portal, which can be
exploited by malicious users to disclose potentially sensitive
information.

The security issue is caused due to an error within the rendering of
the JSR-168 Portlets. This causes the Portlets to be incorrectly
rendered from the cache and can result in information from one user's
Portlet being rendered to another user.

The security issue has been reported in the following versions:

• WebLogic Portal 8.1 released through Service Pack 5 (all
  platforms).

SOLUTION:
Update to WebLogic Portal 8.1 Service Pack 5 and apply patch:
ftp://ftpna.beasys.com/pub/releases/security/patch_CR259534_81SP5.zip

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported by vendor.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
BEA06-122.00:
http://dev2dev.bea.com/pub/advisory/182

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