Technical Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been identified in IBM WebSphere Application Server, which could be exploited by attackers to bypass security restrictions or disclose sensitive information.

The first issue is caused by an incorrect authorization on a remote interface to the SDO repository, which could be exploited by attackers to gain unauthorized access.

The second vulnerability is caused by an unspecified security exposure in the PD tools component.

The third issue is caused by an unspecified error in the Default Messaging component, which could cause a thread hang after TCP issue.

The fourth vulnerability is caused by input validation errors in the Samples component when processing user-supplied URLs, which could be exploited by attackers to cause arbitrary scripting code to be executed by the user's browser in the security context of an affected Web site.

The fifth issue is caused by an error in the Servlet Engine/Web Container component when processing certain closed connection errors, which could corrupt a buffer being used to send a response.

Affected Products

IBM WebSphere Application Server version 6.1.0.7 and prior

Solution

Upgrade to IBM WebSphere Application Server Fix Pack 9 (6.1.0.9) :
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=180&uid=swg24015768

References

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2234
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27007951

Credits

Vulnerabilities reported by the vendor.

ChangeLog

2007-06-18 : Initial release

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