04/01/2018 CERT-In Vulnerability Notes

CERT-In Vulnerability Note CIVN-2017-0190

Information Disclosure Vulnerabilities in IBM WebSphere Portal

Original Issue Date:December 26, 2017

Severity Rating: MEDIUM

Software Affected

IBM WebSphere Portal 9.0

IBM WebSphere Portal 8.5
IBM WebSphere Portal 8.0
IBM WebSphere Portal 7.0

Overview

Multiple vulnerabilities have been reported in IBM Websphere Portal which could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive
information of the affected system.

Description

1. Web Application Bridge Information Disclosure Vulnerability ( CVE-2017-1423 )

This vulnerability exists in the Web Application Bridge component of IBM WebSphere Portal due to exposing of backend server
URLs which are configured to be used by the Web Application Bridge component. A remote attacker could exploit this
vulnerability to obtain sensitive information from the affected system.
Successful exploitation could allow the attacker to conduct further attacks.

2. Portal Error Message Information Disclosure Vulnerability ( CVE-2017-1698 )

This vulnerability exists in IBM Websphere Portal due to a condition that exists from an error message which returned from the
affected system. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending malicious requests that triggers an error message.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow the attacker to obtain sensitive information from the affected system.
This could be leveraged to conduct further attacks.

Solution

Apply appropriate updates as mentioned by the vendor:

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg22011400

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg22011519

Vendor Information

IBM
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg22011400
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg22011519

References

IBM
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg22011400
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg22011519

Security Tracker
http://securitytracker.com/id/1040017
https://securitytracker.com/id/1040043

Cisco
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewAlert.x?alertId=56285

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CVE Name
CVE-2017-1423
CVE-2017-1698

Disclaimer

The information provided herein is on "as is" basis, without warranty of any kind.

Contact Information

Email: info@cert-in.org.in
Phone: +91-11-24368572

Postal address

Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In)

Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
Government of India
Electronics Niketan
6, CGO Complex, Lodhi Road,
New Delhi - 110 003
India

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