IBM WebSphere Portal up to 8.5.0.0 resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in IBM WebSphere Portal up to 8.5.0.0. It has been rated as problematic. Impacted is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to resource management. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2014-4814. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in IBM WebSphere Portal up to 8.5.0.0 (Application Server Software). It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-399. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

IBM WebSphere Portal 6.1.0 through 6.1.0.6 CF27, 6.1.5 through 6.1.5.3 CF27, 7.0 through 7.0.0.2 CF28, 8.0 through 8.0.0.1 CF14, and 8.5.0 before CF03 does not properly detect recursion during entity expansion, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (memory and CPU consumption) via a crafted XML document containing a large number of nested entity references, a similar issue to CVE-2003-1564.

The weakness was disclosed 10/28/2014 (Website). The advisory is shared at www-01.ibm.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2014-4814 since 07/09/2014. The attack may be initiated remotely. The successful exploitation requires a simple authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 04/03/2022).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 78744 (IBM WebSphere Portal Entity Expansion DoS (PI24622)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CGI abuses.

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 (95391), Tenable (78744), SecurityFocus (BID 70758†), Secunia (SA59740†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-46858†). The entries VDB-72740, VDB-72739, VDB-72738 and VDB-72736 are pretty similar. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 78744
Nessus Name: IBM WebSphere Portal Entity Expansion DoS (PI24622)
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05/23/2014 🔍
07/09/2014 +47 days 🔍
10/24/2014 +107 days 🔍
10/28/2014 +4 days 🔍
10/28/2014 +0 days 🔍
10/30/2014 +2 days 🔍
10/31/2014 +1 days 🔍
11/03/2014 +3 days 🔍
03/27/2015 +144 days 🔍
04/03/2022 +2564 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: ibm.com

Advisory: www-01.ibm.com
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2014-4814 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2014-4814
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-72737
X-Force: 95391
SecurityFocus: 70758 - IBM WebSphere Portal CVE-2014-4814 Unspecified Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 59740 - IBM WebSphere Portal Multiple Vulnerabilities, Moderately Critical
Vulnerability Center: 46858 - IBM WebSphere Portal Remote DoS Vulnerability via a Crafted XML Document, Low

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/27/2015 12:07
Updated: 04/03/2022 09:17
Changes: 03/27/2015 12:07 (61), 06/11/2017 04:48 (7), 04/03/2022 09:17 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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