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Re: PR06-08: BEA Plumtree portal internal hostname disclosure vulnerability


From: "guiness.stout" <guinness.stout () gmail com>
Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2007 11:26:54 -0500

I have verified this as well as PR06-09 and PR06-11 in version 6.1.0.240495.

On 1 Dec 2007 21:04:34 -0000, <research () procheckup com> wrote:
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/





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