BEA WebLogic up to 8.1 SP4 JTA Transaction

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as problematic has been found in BEA WebLogic up to 8.1 SP4. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component JTA Transaction Handler. Executing a manipulation can lead to an unknown weakness. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2006-2461. There is not any exploit available. It is advisable to implement a patch to correct this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in BEA WebLogic up to 8.1 SP4 (Application Server Software) and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown part of the component JTA Transaction Handler. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, and integrity. CVE summarizes:

BEA WebLogic Server before 8.1 Service Pack 4 does not properly set the Quality of Service in certain circumstances, which prevents some transmissions from being encrypted via SSL, and allows remote attackers to more easily read potentially sensitive network traffic.

The weakness was released 05/16/2006 with BEA (Website). The advisory is shared for download at dev2dev.bea.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2006-2461 since 05/19/2006. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 87187 (Oracle WebLogic Server Information Disclosure (BEA06-132.00)).

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 X-Force (26459), SecurityFocus (BID 17982†), OSVDB (25545†), Secunia (SA20130†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1016102†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-2237, VDB-2243, VDB-2241 and VDB-2244. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.2
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.4

VulDB Base Score: 8.2
VulDB Temp Score: 7.4
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Class: Unknown
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Recommended: Patch
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Patch: dev2dev.bea.com

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05/15/2006 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: dev2dev.bea.com
Researcher: http://www.bea.com
Organization: BEA
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2006-2461 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-2461
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-2236
X-Force: 26459 - BEA WebLogic Server Quality of Service insecure transaction channel, Low Risk
SecurityFocus: 17982 - BEA WebLogic Multiple Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 20130 - BEA WebLogic Server/Express Multiple Security Issues, Less Critical
OSVDB: 25545
SecurityTracker: 1016102 - WebLogic Server Quality of Service Error Causes Transaction Coordinator Messages to Be Sent Unencrypted
Vupen: ADV-2006-1828

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Entryinfo

Created: 05/19/2006 18:31
Updated: 06/22/2025 00:53
Changes: 05/19/2006 18:31 (67), 12/02/2015 10:43 (4), 03/12/2021 19:22 (8), 06/22/2025 00:53 (16)
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