Vigil@nce: WebSphere AS 5.1.1, several vulnerabilities
July 2008 by Vigil@nce
SYNTHESIS
Several vulnerabilities of WebSphere AS can be used by an attacker
to obtain information or to attack the service.
Gravity: 2/4
Consequences: user access/rights, data reading, data
creation/edition, denial of service of service
Provenance: internet client
Means of attack: no proof of concept, no attack
Ability of attacker: expert (4/4)
Confidence: confirmed by the editor (5/5)
Diffusion of the vulnerable configuration: high (3/3)
Creation date: 18/07/2008
Identifier: VIGILANCE-VUL-7956
IMPACTED PRODUCTS
– IBM WebSphere Application Server [confidential versions]
DESCRIPTION
Several vulnerabilities were announced in WebSphere Application
Server.
Here is an extract of the changelog:
Potential security exposure in PropFilePasswordEncoder utility.
[grav:2/4; PK61436]
Wsadmin may leave some previously encrypted properties
unencrypted. [grav:2/4; PK61941]
CHARACTERISTICS
Identifiers: PK61436, PK61941, VIGILANCE-VUL-7956