National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2009-0503
Original release date:02/13/2009
Last revised:03/04/2009
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
IBM WebSphere Message Broker 6.1.x before 6.1.0.2 writes a database connection password to the Event Log and System Log during exception handling for a JDBC error, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading these logs.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
2.9
Exploitability Subscore:
3.9
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Locally exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized disclosure of information
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External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=849&uid=swg27011431
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: XF
Name: websphere-msgbroker-info-disclosure(48642)
External Source: SECTRACK
Name: 1021735
External Source: BID
Name: 33819
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2009-0460
External Source: AIXAPAR
Name: IC55298
Type: Advisory