IBM Tivoli Secureway Policy Director 3.8 WebSeal denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in IBM Tivoli Secureway Policy Director 3.8. The affected element is an unknown function of the component WebSeal. Such manipulation with the input <url>%2e leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2001-1191. There is no available exploit. Restrictive firewalling should be applied.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in IBM Tivoli Secureway Policy Director 3.8 (Directory Service Software). It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown function of the component WebSeal. The manipulation with the input value <url>%2e leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

WebSeal in IBM Tivoli SecureWay Policy Director 3.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a URL that ends in %2e.

The weakness was presented 12/11/2001 as not defined posting (Bugtraq). The advisory is available at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2001-1191. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 11089 (IBM Tivoli SecureWay WebSEAL Proxy Policy Director Encoded URL DoS), 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.

Addressing this vulnerability is possible by firewalling .

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (7716), Tenable (11089), SecurityFocus (BID 3685†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-1658†). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

Productinfo

Type

• Directory Service Software

Vendor

• IBM

Name

• Tivoli Secureway Policy Director

Version

• 3.8

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.ibm.com/

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.2

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.2
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 11089
Nessus Name: IBM Tivoli SecureWay WebSEAL Proxy Policy Director Encoded URL DoS
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OpenVAS ID: 11089
OpenVAS Name: Webseal denial of service
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Firewall
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Timelineinfo

12/11/2001 🔍
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12/11/2001 +0 days 🔍
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08/18/2002 +250 days 🔍
08/13/2003 +360 days 🔍
07/11/2014 +3985 days 🔍
05/11/2019 +1765 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: ibm.com

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2001-1191 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2001-1191
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-17738
X-Force: 7716
SecurityFocus: 3685 - IBM Tivoli Policy Director WebSeal Denial Of Service Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 1658 - DoS in WebSeal Proxy Component of IBM Tivoli SecureWay Policy Director, Medium

Entryinfo

Created: 07/11/2014 11:02
Updated: 05/11/2019 11:53
Changes: 07/11/2014 11:02 (42), 05/11/2019 11:53 (30)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103

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