Technical Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been identified in BEA WebLogic Server, which could be exploited by attackers to bypass security restrictions, disclose sensitive information or execute arbitrary scripting code. These issues are caused by errors related to HttpClusterServlet, HttpProxyServlet, Account lockouts, session handling, Console, distributed queue, and secured JMS, which could be exploited by attackers or malicious users to gain elevated privileges, bypass security checks, cause arbitrary scripting code to be executed by the user's browser in the security context of an affected Web site, brute-force passwords, hijack a user's session, send messages to a protected distributed queue, receive messages from a secured JMS Topic destination, or gain knowledge of sensitive information.

Affected Products

BEA WebLogic Server 10.x
BEA WebLogic Server 9.x
BEA WebLogic Server 8.x
BEA WebLogic Server 7.x
BEA WebLogic Server 6.x

Solution

Apply patches :
http://dev2dev.bea.com/pub/advisory/274
http://dev2dev.bea.com/pub/advisory/273
http://dev2dev.bea.com/pub/advisory/271
http://dev2dev.bea.com/pub/advisory/270
http://dev2dev.bea.com/pub/advisory/269
http://dev2dev.bea.com/pub/advisory/268
http://dev2dev.bea.com/pub/advisory/267
http://dev2dev.bea.com/pub/advisory/265
http://dev2dev.bea.com/pub/advisory/263
http://dev2dev.bea.com/pub/advisory/260

References

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0612
http://dev2dev.bea.com/pub/advisory/274
http://dev2dev.bea.com/pub/advisory/273
http://dev2dev.bea.com/pub/advisory/271
http://dev2dev.bea.com/pub/advisory/270
http://dev2dev.bea.com/pub/advisory/269
http://dev2dev.bea.com/pub/advisory/268
http://dev2dev.bea.com/pub/advisory/267
http://dev2dev.bea.com/pub/advisory/265
http://dev2dev.bea.com/pub/advisory/263
http://dev2dev.bea.com/pub/advisory/260

Credits

Vulnerabilities reported by Mitja Kolsek and Sasa Kos (ACROS Security), DV Bern AG, Application Security Inc, GomoR, and Ramon Pinuaga (S21sec).

ChangeLog

2008-02-19 : Initial release

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