Detections
Analytics
IBM WebSphere Application Server 8.5 < 8.5.5.10 Multiple Vulnerabilities
medium Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 9720
Synopsis
The remote host is running an application server that is vulnerable to multiple attack vectors.Description
The remote host appears to be running IBM WebSphere Application Server 8.5 prior to 8.5.5.10. Such versions are potentially affected by multiple issues :- A flaw exists that is triggered as CRLF (Carriage Return and Line Feed) character sequences are not properly sanitized before being included in HTTP responses. This allows a remote attacker to inject additional headers into responses to conduct HTTP response splitting attacks.
- A flaw exists that is triggered during the handling of specially crafted SIP messages. This may allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service.
- A flaw exists that is due to the program improperly setting the CSRFtoken cookie. This may allow an authenticated remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.
- An overflow condition exists that is triggered as certain input is not properly validated. This may allow an authenticated remote attacker to cause a buffer overflow, potentially allowing them to bypass security restrictions and disclose sensitive information.
- A flaw exists that is due to the program setting insecure unspecified flags on CSRF token cookies, which may allow an attacker to have an unspecified impact. No further details have been provided by the vendor. Based on past disclosures from IBM, this is likely the 'secure' and/or 'HttpOnly' flag.
Solution
Upgrade WebSphere Application Server to 8.5.5.10 or later.See Also
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27036319#85510
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 9720
Family: Web Servers
Published: 10/26/2016
Updated: 3/6/2019
Nessus ID: 92724
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 3.0
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5
Temporal Score: 4.1
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.3
Temporal Score: 4.9
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/a:ibm:websphere_application_server
Patch Publication Date: 8/15/2016
Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/15/2016
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2016-0359, CVE-2016-0377, CVE-2016-0385, CVE-2016-2960