Detections
Analytics
IBM WebSphere Application Server 8.5 < 8.5.5.8 Multiple Vulnerabilities
medium Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 9718
Synopsis
The remote host is running an application server that is vulnerable to multiple attack vectors.Description
The remote host appears to be running IBM WebSphere Application Server 8.5 prior to 8.5.5.8. Such versions are potentially affected by multiple issues :- A flaw exists that is triggered as CRLF (Carriage Return and Line Feed) character sequences are not properly sanitized before being included in HTTP responses. This allows a remote attacker to inject additional headers into responses to conduct HTTP response splitting attacks.
- An unspecified flaw exists in the edge component caching proxy that could cause weaker than intended encryption, which may potentially allow an authenticated remote attacker to more easily decrypt information.
Solution
Upgrade WebSphere Application Server to 8.5.5.8 or later.See Also
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27036319#8558
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 9718
Family: Web Servers
Published: 10/26/2016
Updated: 3/6/2019
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 2.5
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5
Temporal Score: 4.1
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.3
Temporal Score: 4.9
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/a:ibm:websphere_application_server
Patch Publication Date: 12/11/2015
Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/11/2015
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2015-2017, CVE-2015-5004