VDB-1511 · CVE-2005-1742 · BID 13717

BEA WebLogic up to 8.1 JDBC Connection Reset cleartext storage

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A vulnerability was found in BEA WebLogic up to 8.1 (Application Server Software). It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component JDBC Connection Reset Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cleartext storage vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-312. The product stores sensitive information in cleartext within a resource that might be accessible to another control sphere. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

BEA WebLogic Server and WebLogic Express 8.1 SP2 and SP3 allows users with the Monitor security role to "shrink or reset JDBC connection pools."

The bug was discovered 05/24/2005. The weakness was released 05/24/2005 by Mitja Kolsek with BEA Systems (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at dev2dev.bea.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2005-1742 since 05/25/2005. Access to the local network is required for this attack to succeed. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1555 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 18365 (BEA WebLogic <= 8.1 SP4 Multiple Vulnerabilities (XSS, DoS, ID, more)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Web Servers and running in the context r.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at edocs.bea.com.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (18365). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at 1229, 1421, 1512 and 1518.

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Class: Cleartext storage
CWE: CWE-312 / CWE-310
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Nessus ID: 18365
Nessus Name: BEA WebLogic <= 8.1 SP4 Multiple Vulnerabilities (XSS, DoS, ID, more)
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Patch: edocs.bea.com

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: dev2dev.bea.com
Researcher: Mitja Kolsek
Organization: BEA Systems
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2005-1742 (🔍)
SecurityTracker: 1014049
SecurityFocus: 13717 - BEA WebLogic Server and WebLogic Express Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 15486 - BEA WebLogic Multiple Vulnerabilities, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 16833 - BEA WebLogic JDBC Connection Pool Unauthorized Access
Vupen: ADV-2005-0602

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Entryinfo

Created: 06/07/2005 10:45
Updated: 07/03/2019 10:09
Changes: 06/07/2005 10:45 (77), 07/03/2019 10:09 (7)
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