BEA WebLogic up to 8.1 Auditing denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in BEA WebLogic up to 8.1. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Auditing. The manipulation results in denial of service. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2005-1742. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. Applying a patch is advised to resolve this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in BEA WebLogic up to 8.1 (Application Server Software). Affected is an unknown function of the component Auditing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. This is going to have an impact on availability. CVE summarizes:

BEA WebLogic Server and WebLogic Express 8.1 SP2 and SP3 allows users with the Monitor security role to "shrink or reset JDBC connection pools."

The bug was discovered 05/24/2005. The weakness was disclosed 05/24/2005 by Mitja Kolsek with BEA Systems (Website). The advisory is shared for download at dev2dev.bea.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2005-1742 since 05/25/2005. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1499.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 18365 (BEA WebLogic <= 8.1 SP4 Multiple Vulnerabilities (XSS, DoS, ID, more)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Web Servers and running in the context r. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 86703 (BEA WebLogic Server and WebLogic Express Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities).

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at edocs.bea.com.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (18365), SecurityFocus (BID 13717†), OSVDB (16833†), Secunia (SA15486†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1014049†). The entries VDB-1229, VDB-1421, VDB-1518 and VDB-1514 are pretty similar. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Nessus ID: 18365
Nessus Name: BEA WebLogic <= 8.1 SP4 Multiple Vulnerabilities (XSS, DoS, ID, more)
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Patch: edocs.bea.com

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: dev2dev.bea.com
Researcher: Mitja Kolsek
Organization: BEA Systems
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2005-1742 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-1742
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-1512
SecurityFocus: 13717 - BEA WebLogic Server and WebLogic Express Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 15486 - BEA WebLogic Multiple Vulnerabilities, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 16833 - CVE-2005-1742 - BEA - WebLogic - Denial-Of-Service Issue
SecurityTracker: 1014049
Vulnerability Center: 8260
Vupen: ADV-2005-0602

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Entryinfo

Created: 06/07/2005 10:45
Updated: 06/30/2025 11:15
Changes: 06/07/2005 10:45 (74), 07/03/2019 10:01 (9), 07/08/2024 07:46 (17), 06/30/2025 11:15 (2)
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