BEA WebLogic Server up to 7.0 denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as problematic has been identified in BEA WebLogic Server up to 7.0. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. Such manipulation leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2007-2697. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in BEA WebLogic Server up to 7.0 (Application Server Software). It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input 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 confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

The embedded LDAP server in BEA WebLogic Express and WebLogic Server 7.0 through SP6, 8.1 through SP5, 9.0, and 9.1, when in certain configurations, does not limit or audit failed authentication attempts, which allows remote attackers to more easily conduct brute-force attacks against the administrator password, or flood the server with login attempts and cause a denial of service.

The bug was discovered 05/15/2007. The weakness was presented 05/14/2007 (Website). The advisory is available at dev2dev.bea.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2007-2697 since 05/15/2007. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack may be launched remotely. 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 commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 86766 (BEA WebLogic Multiple Vulnerabilities (2007)).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (34291), SecurityFocus (BID 23979†), OSVDB (36072†), Secunia (SA25284†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1018057†). See VDB-36826, VDB-36825, VDB-36824 and VDB-36823 for similar entries. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: dev2dev.bea.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2007-2697 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-2697
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-36818
X-Force: 34291
SecurityFocus: 23979 - Multiple BEA WebLogic Applications Multiple Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 25284
OSVDB: 36072 - BEA WebLogic LDAP Server Brute Force Login Weakness
SecurityTracker: 1018057
Vulnerability Center: 15833 - BEA WebLogic Express and WebLogic Server LDAP Server Allows Brute-Force Authentication Attempts, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2007-1815

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/13/2015 14:56
Updated: 06/14/2025 14:38
Changes: 03/13/2015 14:56 (66), 07/23/2019 11:50 (3), 06/14/2025 14:38 (18)
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