IBM WebSphere Portal Information Disclosure Vulnerability (PI27710)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 78745

Synopsis

The remote Windows host has web portal software installed that is affected by an information disclosure vulnerability.

Description

The version of IBM WebSphere Portal installed on the remote host is affected by an information disclosure vulnerability that allows a remote attacker to identify whether or not a file exists based on the webserver error codes.

Solution

IBM has published Interim Fix PI27710. Refer to IBM's advisory for more information.

See Also

https://www-304.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21684651

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 78745

File Name: websphere_portal_cve-2014-4821.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 10/30/2014

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:ibm:websphere_portal

Required KB Items: installed_sw/IBM WebSphere Portal

Exploit Ease: No exploit is required

Patch Publication Date: 10/27/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/24/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-4821

BID: 70755