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IBM WebSphere Application Server 7.x / 8.0.0.0 <= 8.0.0.15 / 8.5.0.0 <= 8.5.5.14 / 9.0.0.0 <= 9.0.0.9 Directory Traversal Vulnerability

medium Nessus Plugin ID 136180

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Synopsis

The remote web application server is affected by a directory traversal vulnerability

Description

A directory traversal vulnerability exists in WebSphere Application Server that is using Enterprise bundle Archives (EBA). An authenticated, remote attacker can exploit this, by persuading a victim to extract a specially-crafted ZIP archive containing 'dot dot slash' (../) sequences, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to write to arbitrary files on the system.

Solution

Upgrade to IBM WebSphere Application Server version reccomended in the vendor advisory.

See Also

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/730699

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 136180

File Name: websphere_cve-2018-1797.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: combined

Agent: windows, macosx, unix

Family: Web Servers

Published: 4/30/2020

Updated: 10/23/2024

Configuration: Enable thorough checks

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-1797

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:ibm:websphere_application_server

Required KB Items: installed_sw/IBM WebSphere Application Server

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/14/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/16/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-1797