Lucene search

K
securityvulnsSecurityvulnsSECURITYVULNS:DOC:27281
HistoryNov 06, 2011 - 12:00 a.m.

DDIVRT-2011-33 IBM WebSphere Application Server 'help' Servlet Plug-in Bundle Directory Traversal [CVE-2011-1359]

2011-11-0600:00:00
vulners.com
40

Title

DDIVRT-2011-33 IBM WebSphere Application Server 'help' Servlet Plug-in Bundle Directory Traversal [CVE-2011-1359]

Severity

High

Date Discovered

July 28, 2011

Discovered By

Digital Defense, Inc. Vulnerability Research Team
Credit: Javier Castro, sxkeebler and r@b13$

Vulnerability Description

The default installation of the IBM WebSphere Application Server is
deployed with a 'help' servlet which is designed to serve supporting
documentation for the WebSphere system. When the 'help' servlet
processes a URL that contains a reference to a Java plug-in Bundle
that is registered with the Eclipse Platform Runtime Environment of
the WebSphere Application Server, the 'help' servlet fails to ensure
that the submitted URL refers to a file that is both located within the
web root of the servlet and is of a type that is allowed to be served.

An unauthenticated remote attacker can use this weakness in the
'help' servlet to retrieve arbitrary system files from the host that
is running the 'help' servlet. This can be accomplished by submitting
a URL which refers to a registered Java plug-in Bundle followed by a
relative path to the desired file.

Solution Description

IBM has released a patch for this issue. The patch is available through APAR PM45322.

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21509257

Tested Systems / Software (with versions)

WebSphere Application Server Version 8.0
WebSphere Application Server Version 7.0
WebSphere Application Server Version 6.1

Vendor Contact

Vendor Name: IBM
Vendor Website: http://www-01.ibm.com/software/webservers/appserv/was/library/

Related for SECURITYVULNS:DOC:27281