National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2008-5413
Original release date:12/10/2008
Last revised:02/26/2009
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
PerfServlet in the PMI/Performance Tools component in IBM WebSphere Application Server (WAS) 7 before 7.0.0.1 allows attackers to obtain sensitive information by reading the (1) systemout.log and (2) ffdc files. NOTE: this is probably a duplicate of CVE-2009-0434.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
2.9
Exploitability Subscore:
10.0
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized disclosure of information
Solution
The vendor has released a fixpack:
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=180&uid=swg24021073}
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
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External Source: BID
Name: 32679
Type: Patch Information
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2009-0423
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2008-3370
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27014463
Type: Advisory; Patch Information