IBM WebSphere Application Server < 6.0.2.31 Multiple Vulnerabilities

medium Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 4725

Synopsis

The remote application server is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

IBM WebSphere Application Server 6.0.2 before Fix Pack 31 appears to be running on the remote host. Such versions are reportedly affected by the following vulnerabilities :

- By sending a specially crafted HTTP request with the 'Host' header field set to more than 256 bytes, it may be possible to crash the remote application server (PK69371).
- An unspecified security exposure vulnerability exists if the 'fileServing' feature is enabled (PK64302).
- Web services security fails to honor Certificate Revocation Lists (CRL) configured in Certificate Store Collections (PK61258).

Solution

Apply Fix Pack 31 (6.0.2.31) or higher.

See Also

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1PK61258

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg24020788

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1PK69371

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 4725

Family: Web Servers

Published: 10/27/2008

Updated: 3/6/2019

Nessus ID: 34501

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.6

Temporal Score: 5.4

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:X/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:ibm:websphere_application_server

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-4111, CVE-2008-4283, CVE-2008-4284, CVE-2008-4678, CVE-2008-4679, CVE-2009-0432, CVE-2009-0433, CVE-2009-0434, CVE-2009-0435, CVE-2009-0436, CVE-2009-0438

BID: 31839, 31186, 33700