CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
SINGLE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
EPSS
Percentile
71.3%
The version of IBM WebSphere Portal installed on the remote host is affected by a denial of service vulnerability. A flaw exists that is caused by improper recursion detection during entity expansion. By tricking a user into opening a specially crafted XML document, an attacker can cause the system to crash, resulting in a denial of service.
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(78744);
script_version("1.7");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/19");
script_cve_id("CVE-2014-4814");
script_bugtraq_id(70758);
script_name(english:"IBM WebSphere Portal Entity Expansion DoS (PI24622)");
script_summary(english:"Checks for installed patches.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Windows host has web portal software installed that is
affected by a denial of service vulnerability.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The version of IBM WebSphere Portal installed on the remote host is
affected by a denial of service vulnerability. A flaw exists that is
caused by improper recursion detection during entity expansion. By
tricking a user into opening a specially crafted XML document, an
attacker can cause the system to crash, resulting in a denial of
service.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www-304.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21684651");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"IBM has published Interim Fix PI24622. Refer to IBM's advisory for
more information.");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No exploit is required");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2014/10/24");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2014/10/27");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2014/10/30");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:ibm:websphere_portal");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family(english:"CGI abuses");
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2014-2021 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
script_dependencies("websphere_portal_installed.nbin");
script_require_keys("installed_sw/IBM WebSphere Portal");
exit(0);
}
include("websphere_portal_version.inc");
websphere_portal_check_version(
ranges:make_list(
"6.1.0.0, 6.1.0.6, CF27",
"6.1.5.0, 6.1.5.3, CF27",
"7.0.0.0, 7.0.0.2, CF28",
"8.0.0.0, 8.0.0.1, CF14"
),
fix:"PI24622",
severity:SECURITY_WARNING
);