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A vulnerability was found in PicketLink up to 2.7.x. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is the function invokeNextValve of the file identity/federation/bindings/tomcat/idp/AbstractIDPValve.java of the component Role Based Authorization. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-264. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

The invokeNextValve function in identity/federation/bindings/tomcat/idp/AbstractIDPValve.java in PicketLink before 2.8.0.Beta1 does not properly check role based authorization, which allows remote authenticated users to gain access to restricted application resources via a (1) direct request or (2) request through an SP initiated flow.

The weakness was shared 08/26/2015 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at issues.jboss.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2015-3158 since 04/10/2015. The attack may be launched remotely. A simple authentication is necessary for exploitation. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 85643 (RHEL 5 : JBoss EAP (RHSA-2015:1669)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Red Hat Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 236996 (Red Hat Update for Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (RHSA-2015:1671)).

Upgrading to version 2.8.0.Beta1 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (85643).

Productinfo

Name

• PicketLink

Version

• 2.0
• 2.1
• 2.2
• 2.3
• 2.4
• 2.5
• 2.6
• 2.7

CPE 2.3info

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• 🔍
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CPE 2.2info

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• 🔍
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CVSSv4info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.0

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.0
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv2info

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
CAPEC: 🔍
ATT&CK: 🔍

Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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EPSS Percentile: 🔍

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Nessus ID: 85643
Nessus Name: RHEL 5 : JBoss EAP (RHSA-2015:1669)
Nessus File: 🔍
Nessus Risk: 🔍
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Qualys Name: 🔍

Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔍

Upgrade: PicketLink 2.8.0.Beta1
Patch: github.com

Timelineinfo

04/10/2015 🔍
06/05/2015 +56 days 🔍
08/25/2015 +81 days 🔍
08/26/2015 +1 days 🔍
08/26/2015 +0 days 🔍
08/27/2015 +1 days 🔍
06/13/2022 +2482 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: RHSA-2015:1669
Status: Not defined
Confirmation: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2015-3158 (🔍)
Vulnerability Center: 52300 - RedHat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform Remote Information Disclosure Vulnerability in PicketLink, Low

Entryinfo

Created: 08/27/2015 11:14
Updated: 06/13/2022 14:18
Changes: 08/27/2015 11:14 (55), 11/05/2017 00:48 (8), 06/13/2022 14:15 (4), 06/13/2022 14:18 (1)
Complete: 🔍

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