BEA WebLogic up to 8.1 Control UserLogin improper authentication

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in BEA WebLogic up to 8.1. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component Control UserLogin. Such manipulation leads to improper authentication. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2005-1742. Access to the local network is required for this attack to succeed. There is no exploit available. A patch should be applied to remediate this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in BEA WebLogic up to 8.1 (Application Server Software). Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Control UserLogin. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper authentication vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-287. When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct. Impacted is confidentiality, and integrity. 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 weakness was shared 05/24/2005 by Mitja Kolsek with BEA Systems (Website). The advisory is available at dev2dev.bea.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2005-1742 since 05/25/2005. The attack can only be initiated within the local network. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

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. 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 dev2dev.bea.com.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (18365), SecurityFocus (BID 13717†), Secunia (SA15486†), SecurityTracker (ID 1014049†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-8260†). The entries VDB-1229, VDB-1421, VDB-1512 and VDB-1518 are related to this item. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.1
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.4

VulDB Base Score: 7.1
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Class: Improper authentication
CWE: CWE-287
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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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: dev2dev.bea.com

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05/24/2005 🔍
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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-100-1514
SecurityFocus: 13717 - BEA WebLogic Server and WebLogic Express Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 15486 - BEA WebLogic Multiple Vulnerabilities, Moderately Critical
SecurityTracker: 1014049 - BEA WebLogic Server and WebLogic Portal Have Multiple Vulnerabilities
Vulnerability Center: 8260
Vupen: ADV-2005-0602

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Entryinfo

Created: 06/07/2005 10:45
Updated: 07/02/2025 14:34
Changes: 06/07/2005 10:45 (69), 06/07/2017 16:02 (9), 03/11/2021 12:29 (2), 07/08/2024 09:04 (15), 07/02/2025 14:34 (2)
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