Vulnerabilities > CVE-2015-4947 - Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer vulnerability in IBM Http Server
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
SINGLE Confidentiality impact
COMPLETE Integrity impact
COMPLETE Availability impact
COMPLETE Summary
Stack-based buffer overflow in the Administration Server in IBM HTTP Server 6.1.0.x through 6.1.0.47, 7.0.0.x before 7.0.0.39, 8.0.0.x before 8.0.0.12, and 8.5.x before 8.5.5.7, as used in WebSphere Application Server and other products, allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.
Vulnerable Configurations
| Part | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Application | 11 |
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
- Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables This attack pattern involves causing a buffer overflow through manipulation of environment variables. Once the attacker finds that they can modify an environment variable, they may try to overflow associated buffers. This attack leverages implicit trust often placed in environment variables.
- Overflow Buffers Buffer Overflow attacks target improper or missing bounds checking on buffer operations, typically triggered by input injected by an attacker. As a consequence, an attacker is able to write past the boundaries of allocated buffer regions in memory, causing a program crash or potentially redirection of execution as per the attackers' choice.
- Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow This type of attack exploits a buffer overflow vulnerability in targeted client software through injection of malicious content from a custom-built hostile service.
- Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow In this attack, the idea is to cause an active filter to fail by causing an oversized transaction. An attacker may try to feed overly long input strings to the program in an attempt to overwhelm the filter (by causing a buffer overflow) and hoping that the filter does not fail securely (i.e. the user input is let into the system unfiltered).
- MIME Conversion An attacker exploits a weakness in the MIME conversion routine to cause a buffer overflow and gain control over the mail server machine. The MIME system is designed to allow various different information formats to be interpreted and sent via e-mail. Attack points exist when data are converted to MIME compatible format and back.
Nessus
| NASL family | Web Servers |
| NASL id | WEBSPHERE_8_5_5_7.NASL |
| description | The IBM HTTP Server running on the remote host is version 6.1 prior to or equal to 6.1.0.47, 7.0 prior to 7.0.0.39, 8.0 prior to 8.0.0.12, or 8.5 prior to 8.5.5.7. It is, therefore, potentially affected by multiple vulnerabilities : - An overflow condition exists in the XML_GetBuffer() function in xmlparse.c due to improper validation of user-supplied input when handling compressed XML content. An attacker can exploit this to cause a buffer overflow, resulting in the execution of arbitrary code. (CVE-2015-1283) - A denial of service vulnerability exists when processing an ECParameters structure due to an infinite loop that occurs when a specified curve is over a malformed binary polynomial field. A remote attacker can exploit this to perform a denial of service against any system that processes public keys, certificate requests, or certificates. This includes TLS clients and TLS servers with client authentication enabled. (CVE-2015-1788) - An information disclosure vulnerability exists that allows an unauthenticated, remote attacker to identify the proxy server software by reading the HTTP |
| last seen | 2020-06-01 |
| modified | 2020-06-02 |
| plugin id | 86018 |
| published | 2015-09-18 |
| reporter | This script is Copyright (C) 2015-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc. |
| source | https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/86018 |
| title | IBM HTTP Server 6.1 <= 6.1.0.47 (FP47) / 7.0 < 7.0.0.39 (FP39) / 8.0 < 8.0.0.12 (FP12) / 8.5 < 8.5.5.7 (FP7) Multiple Vulnerabilities |
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