<<< Date Index >>>     <<< Thread Index >>>

PR06-08: BEA Plumtree portal internal hostname disclosure vulnerability



PR06-08: BEA Plumtree portal internal hostname disclosure vulnerability

Description:

BEA Plumtree portal is vulnerable to a internal hostname disclosure 
vulnerability.

The internal hostname of the server hosting BEA Plumtree portal is always 
included at the bottom of every requested HTML page within HTML comments.

Date Found: 12th September 2006

Vendor contacted: 18th May 2007

Vulnerable: BEA Plumtree 5.0.2, 5.0.3, 5.0.4, 6.0.1.218452 and possibly other 
versions.

Severity: Low

Authors: Adrian Pastor and Jan Fry from ProCheckUp Ltd (www.procheckup.com)

ProCheckUp thanks BEA for working with us.

Vendor Status: Confirmed

CVE Candidate: Not assigned

Proof of concept:

The following is an example of the internal hostname of Plumtree server 
disclosed within HTML comments:

<!--Hostname: websvr01-->

Consequences:

This information could be useful to a malicious user attempting to gain illegal 
access to resources on internal systems.

By following internal hostname naming conventions, an attacker could predict 
other internal hostnames  as well. For instance, if Plumtree portal is running 
on a server with an internal hostname of websvr01, an attacker could predict 
other internal  hostnames such as websvr01, websvr02, websvr03 and  so on.

Fix:

This has been addressed in AquaLogic Interaction 6.1. MP1. This can also be 
addressed by making config changes in ALUI 6.x versions.

References:

http://www.procheckup.com/Vulnerability_2007.php
http://dev2dev.bea.com/pub/advisory/251
http://www.plumtree.com/