Vulnerabilities > CVE-2014-4814 - Resource Management Errors vulnerability in IBM Websphere Portal
Attack vector
UNKNOWN Attack complexity
UNKNOWN Privileges required
UNKNOWN Confidentiality impact
UNKNOWN Integrity impact
UNKNOWN Availability impact
UNKNOWN Summary
IBM WebSphere Portal 6.1.0 through 6.1.0.6 CF27, 6.1.5 through 6.1.5.3 CF27, 7.0 through 7.0.0.2 CF28, 8.0 through 8.0.0.1 CF14, and 8.5.0 before CF03 does not properly detect recursion during entity expansion, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (memory and CPU consumption) via a crafted XML document containing a large number of nested entity references, a similar issue to CVE-2003-1564.
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Nessus
NASL family CGI abuses NASL id WEBSPHERE_PORTAL_CVE-2014-4814.NASL description The version of IBM WebSphere Portal installed on the remote host is affected by a denial of service vulnerability. A flaw exists that is caused by improper recursion detection during entity expansion. By tricking a user into opening a specially crafted XML document, an attacker can cause the system to crash, resulting in a denial of service. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 78744 published 2014-10-30 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2014-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/78744 title IBM WebSphere Portal Entity Expansion DoS (PI24622) NASL family CGI abuses NASL id WEBSPHERE_PORTAL_6_1_0_6_CF27.NASL description The version of IBM WebSphere Portal installed on the remote host is 6.1.0.x prior 6.1.0.6 CF27. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities : - A cross-site scripting vulnerability exists in the last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 78739 published 2014-10-30 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2014-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/78739 title IBM WebSphere Portal 6.1.0.x < 6.1.0.6 CF27 Multiple Vulnerabilities NASL family CGI abuses NASL id WEBSPHERE_PORTAL_8_5_0_0_CF03.NASL description The version of IBM WebSphere Portal installed on the remote host is affected by the multiple vulnerabilities : - Multiple vulnerabilities exist in the Apache Cordova component, including cross-application scripting, security bypass, and information disclosure. (CVE-2014-3500, CVE-2014-3501, CVE-2014-3502) - An information disclosure flaw exists that allows remote authenticated attackers to obtain credentials by reading HTML source code. (CVE-2014-4761) - An unspecified vulnerability exists that allows an authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system. (CVE-2014-4808) - A flaw exists that is caused by improper recursion detection during entity expansion. By tricking a user into opening a specially-crafted XML document, an attacker can cause the system to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2014-4814) - An information disclosure vulnerability exists that allows a remote attacker to identify whether or not a file exists based on the web server error codes. (CVE-2014-4821) - A flaw exists in CKEditor in the Preview plugin that allows a cross-site scripting attack. The flaw exists due to last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 78742 published 2014-10-30 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2014-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/78742 title IBM WebSphere Portal 8.5.0 < 8.5.0 CF03 Multiple Vulnerabilities NASL family CGI abuses NASL id WEBSPHERE_PORTAL_8_0_0_1_CF15.NASL description The version of IBM WebSphere Portal installed on the remote host is 8.0.0.x prior to 8.0.0.1 CF15. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities : - A flaw exists in last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 82850 published 2015-04-17 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2015-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/82850 title IBM WebSphere Portal 8.0.0.x < 8.0.0.1 CF15 Multiple Vulnerabilities NASL family CGI abuses NASL id WEBSPHERE_PORTAL_6_1_5_3_CF27.NASL description The version of IBM WebSphere Portal installed on the remote host is 6.1.5.x prior to 6.1.5.3 CF27. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities : - A cross-site scripting vulnerability exists in the last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 78740 published 2014-10-30 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2014-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/78740 title IBM WebSphere Portal 6.1.5.x < 6.1.5.3 CF27 Multiple Vulnerabilities NASL family CGI abuses NASL id WEBSPHERE_PORTAL_7_0_0_2_CF29.NASL description The version of IBM WebSphere Portal installed on the remote host is 7.0.0.x prior to 7.0.0.2 CF29. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities : - A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the Apache Struts ClassLoader. A remote attacker can exploit this issue by manipulating the last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 79691 published 2014-12-03 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2014-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/79691 title IBM WebSphere Portal 7.0.0.x < 7.0.0.2 CF29 Multiple Vulnerabilities
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59740
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59740
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70758
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70758
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1PI24622
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1PI24622
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21684651
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21684651
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/95391
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/95391