Subject: Security Advisory (BEA07-182.00)
From: BEA Systems Inc.
Minor Subject: Application files and resources may be remotely accessed
Product(s) Affected: WebLogic Mobility Server
Threat level: Medium
An attacker can retrieve files from a web application in violation of access restrictions.
Severity: High
A user may gain access to application resources.
A problem was identified that could potentially cause a security vulnerability in WebLogic Mobility Server. A patch is available to correct this problem (see Section II). BEA Systems treats potential security problems with a high degree of urgency and endeavors to take appropriate steps to help ensure the security of our customers’ systems. As a result, BEA Systems strongly suggests the following actions:
I. Read the following advisory.
II. Apply the suggested action.
III. If you know of any additional users interested in future security advisories, please forward them the registration instructions included in this advisory.
I. Advisory
Any sites that have deployed the Image Converter functionality of WebLogic Mobility Server are susceptible to this vulnerability. This functionality is enabled by default in WebLogic Mobility Server applications created with BEA WebLogic Workshop (WebLogic Portal 8.1.x) and BEA Workshop for WebLogic Platform (WebLogic Portal 9.x / 10.x).
This advisory resolves the issue by allowing the administrator to restrict access to only designated web resources.
Impact and CVSS Ratings:
CVSS Severity Score: 8 (High)
Attack Range (AV): Remote
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication Level (Au): Not Required
Impact Type: Unauthorized downloading of files. Complete confidentiality and partial integrity and availability violation
Vulnerability Type: Elevation of privilege, Access Validation
CVSS Base Score Vector: (AV:R/AC:L/Au:NR/C:C/I:P/A:P/B:N)
Complete CVSS Guide: http://www.first.org/cvss/cvss-guide.html
Online Calculator: http://nvd.nist.gov/cvss.cfm?calculator
The following versions of WebLogic Mobility Server are affected by this vulnerability
- WebLogic Mobility Server 3.3 on all platforms.
- WebLogic Mobility Server 3.5 on all platforms.
- WebLogic Mobility Server 3.6 released through Service Pack 1, on all platforms.
II. SUGGESTED ACTION
BEA Systems strongly recommends the following course of actions.
WebLogic Mobility Server (All versions)
Login to your portal using an account with admin privilege.
Download the following ZIP file and follow the instructions in the README (readmeWLMS.txt) file:
Image Converter Patch: ftp://anonymous:dev2dev%40bea.com@ftpna.bea.com/pub/releases/security/ImageConverterPatch.zip
Future releases of WebLogic Mobility Server will include the functionality of this patch.
BEA strongly suggests that customers apply the remedies recommended in all our security advisories. BEA also urges customers to apply every Service Pack as they are released. Service Packs include a roll-up of all bug fixes for each version of the product, as well as each of the prior Service Packs. Service Packs and information about them can be found at:
WebLogic Mobility Server: http://commerce.bea.com/showallversions.jsp?family=PORTMOBL
III. FUTURE SECURITY COMMUNICATIONS
If there are security-related issues with BEA product, BEA Systems generally distributes an advisory and instructions with a recommended course of action. Because the security of your site, data, and code is a high priority, we are committed to generally communicating security-related issues to our customers and partners.
All previous advisories and notifications can be viewed at http://dev2dev.bea.com/advisories/
BEA Systems has established an opt-in emailing list specifically targeted for product security advisories and notifications. As a policy, if a user has opted-in to our emailing list and there is a relevant security issue with the BEA product(s) he/she is using, BEA generally distributes an advisory and instructions via email with a recommended course of action.
ADDITIONAL USERS WHO WISH TO REGISTER FOR ADVISORY DISTRIBUTION SHOULD FOLLOW THE REGISTRATION DIRECTIONS AT http://dev2dev.bea.com/advisories
IV. REPORTING SECURITY ISSUES
Security issues can be reported to BEA Systems by sending email to secalert@bea.com or by following the directions at http://dev2dev.bea.com/advisories. If BEA has validated a reported security issue, we will endeavor to assess the severity of the impact of the security issue and the likelihood of the exploitation of the vulnerability. Based on these assessments and other factors, BEA will endeavor to develop and appropriately prioritize a workaround or patch designed to reduce or eliminate the risk of the vulnerability.
If you have any questions or care to verify the authenticity of this advisory, please contact BEA Technical Support at support@bea.com
Thank you,
BEA Systems, Inc.
