IBM WebSphere Application Server Remote Information Disclosure Vulnerability

BID:12812

Info

IBM WebSphere Application Server Remote Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 12812
Class: Design Error
CVE:
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Mar 15 2005 12:00AM
Updated: Mar 15 2005 12:00AM
Credit: The individual or individuals responsible for the discovery of this issue are currently unknown; the vendor disclosed this issue.
Vulnerable: IBM WebSphere Application Server Professional Edition 5.6 .0.1
IBM WebSphere Application Server Professional Edition 5.6
IBM WebSphere Application Server Professional Edition 5.5
IBM WebSphere Application Server Express 5.6 .0.1
IBM WebSphere Application Server Express 5.6
IBM WebSphere Application Server Express 5.5
IBM WebSphere Application Server Business Edition 5.6 .0.1
IBM WebSphere Application Server Business Edition 5.6
IBM WebSphere Application Server Business Edition 5.5
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

IBM WebSphere Application Server Remote Information Disclosure Vulnerability

A remote information disclosure vulnerability affects IBM WebSphere Application Server. This issue is due to a failure of the application to properly secure potentially sensitive information, and may be triggered only under certain circumstances.

This issue will cause potentially sensitive information to be preloaded into a password change Web form, potentially facilitating brute force password attacks.

Exploit / POC

IBM WebSphere Application Server Remote Information Disclosure Vulnerability

No exploit is required to leverage this issue.

Solution / Fix

IBM WebSphere Application Server Remote Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has released a fix pack dealing with this issue.


IBM WebSphere Application Server Express 5.5

IBM WebSphere Application Server Business Edition 5.5

IBM WebSphere Application Server Professional Edition 5.5

IBM WebSphere Application Server Business Edition 5.6 .0.1

IBM WebSphere Application Server Express 5.6

IBM WebSphere Application Server Business Edition 5.6

IBM WebSphere Application Server Express 5.6 .0.1

IBM WebSphere Application Server Professional Edition 5.6 .0.1

IBM WebSphere Application Server Professional Edition 5.6

References

IBM WebSphere Application Server Remote Information Disclosure Vulnerability

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