Oracle GlassFish Server Administrative Console Authentication Bypass

critical Nessus Plugin ID 53876

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Synopsis

The remote web server has an authentication bypass vulnerability.

Description

The version of GlassFish Server running on the remote host has an authentication bypass vulnerability. The server treats specially crafted TRACE requests as if they are authenticated GET requests.

A remote, unauthenticated attacker could exploit this to bypass authentication and gain administrative access to the affected application. In turn, this could be leveraged to run commands under the context of the GlassFish server, which is root by default.

Solution

Upgrade to GlassFish Server 3.1 or later, or disable TRACE (refer to the Core Security advisory for more information).

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 53876

File Name: glassfish_trace_auth_bypass.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: remote

Family: Web Servers

Published: 5/12/2011

Updated: 11/15/2018

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 8.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:oracle:glassfish_server

Required KB Items: www/glassfish, www/glassfish/console

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Exploited by Nessus: true

Patch Publication Date: 2/28/2011

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/11/2011

Exploitable With

Core Impact

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-1511

BID: 47818

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