Security Advisories and Notifications
Subject: Security Advisory (BEA07-167.00)
From: Oracle Corporation
Minor Subject: Inadvertent corruption of entitlements could result in unauthorized access to protected resources
Product(s) Affected: WebLogic Portal
Threat level: Low
Only an authenticated WebLogic Portal administrator or delegated administrator can cause this inadvertent error
Severity: Low
A portal user could inadvertently be granted access to protected resources
A problem was identified that could potentially cause a security vulnerability in certain versions of WebLogic Portal. An upgrade is available to correct this problem (see Section II). Oracle 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, Oracle 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
An authenticated WebLogic Portal administrator or Delegated administrator can cause an inadvertent corruption of a visitor entitlements role when editing the role description if more than 255 characters are entered. This will cause any resources that were protected to no longer be protected. This vulnerability can occur by either editing a role description via the WebLogic Portal Administration Console or thru a portal application using the WebLogic Portal APIs.
A fix has been provided which prevents the entry of more than 255 characters.
Impact and CVSS Ratings:
- CVSS Severity Score: 2.2 (Low)
- Attack Range (AV): Remote
- Attack Complexity (AC): High
- Level of Authentication Needed (Au): Required
- Impact Type: Unauthorized access to resources; allows partial confidentiality and integrity violation
- Vulnerability Type: Elevation of privilege, access validation
- CVSS Base Score Vector: (AV:R/AC:H/Au:R/C:P/I:P/A:N/B:N)
- Online Calculator: http://nvd.nist.gov/cvss.cfm?calculator
The following versions of WebLogic Portal are affected by this vulnerability
- WebLogic Portal 9.2 GA on all platforms.
II. SUGGESTED ACTION
Oracle strongly recommends the following course of actions.
WebLogic Portal 9.2 GA
- Upgrade to WebLogic Portal 9.2 Maintenance Pack 1
SECURITY COMMUNICATIONS
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Thank you,
Oracle Corporation