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BEA WebLogic Portal JSR-168 Portlets Rendering Security Issue
Secunia Advisory: SA19308
Release Date: 2006-03-21
Last Update: 2006-03-27
Popularity: 6,353 views

Critical:
Less critical
Impact: Exposure of sensitive information
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

Software:BEA WebLogic Portal 8.x

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CVE reference:CVE-2006-1358


Description:
A security issue has been reported in WebLogic Portal, which can be exploited by malicious users to disclose potentially sensitive information.

The security issue is caused due to an error within the rendering of the JSR-168 Portlets. This causes the Portlets to be incorrectly rendered from the cache and can result in information from one user's Portlet being rendered to another user.

The security issue has been reported in the following versions:
* WebLogic Portal 8.1 released through Service Pack 5 (all platforms).

Solution:
Update to WebLogic Portal 8.1 Service Pack 5 and apply patch:
ftp://ftpna.beasys.com/pub/releases/security/patch_CR259534_81SP5.zip

Provided and/or discovered by:
Reported by vendor.

Changelog:
2006-03-27: Added CVE reference.

Original Advisory:
BEA06-122.00:
http://dev2dev.bea.com/pub/advisory/182


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