National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2009-0039
Original release date:04/17/2009
Last revised:04/28/2009
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in the web administration console in Apache Geronimo Application Server 2.1 through 2.1.3 allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that (1) change the web administration password, (2) upload applications, and perform unspecified other administrative actions, as demonstrated by (3) a Shutdown request to console/portal//Server/Shutdown.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
6.4
Exploitability Subscore:
8.6
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable; Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
Access Complexity: Medium
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows unauthorized modification; Allows disruption of service
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External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2009-1089
External Source: BID
Name: 34562
External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 20090416 [DSECRG-09-020] Apache Geronimo - XSRF vulnerabilities
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 34715
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/GERONIMO-4597
Type: Advisory
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://geronimo.apache.org/21x-security-report.html#2.1.xSecurityReport-214
Type: Advisory
External Source: MISC
Name: http://dsecrg.com/pages/vul/show.php?id=120