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Security Bulletin: WebSphere Application Server Community Edition 3.0.0.3 RMI classloader exposure

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Abstract

A problem in the RMI classloader may enable an attacker to send a serializated object via JMX that could compromise the system.

Content

Vulnerability Details
A specially crafted serialized object sent via the JMX connector could compromise the system due to a misconfigured RMI classloader.

CVEID : CVE-2013-1777
CVSS Base Score : 10
CVSS Temporal Score : See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/82268 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score *: Undefined
CVSS Vector : (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

Affected Products And Versions
WebSphere Application Server Community Edition 3.0.0.3

Remediation
Upgrade WebSphere Application Server Community Edition server to version 3.0.0.4.
Or follow the instruction bellow to fix this issue in WebSphere Application Server Community Edition 3.0.0.3.

1. Download the patch file:JMXConnecterPatch.zip

2. Unzip the attached file into the WebSphere Application Server Community Edition installation directory, and ensure the files listed in the zip file to replace the ones in the server installation.

3. Start the server with the cache cleaned, for example,

<WAS_CE_HOME>\bin\startup -c

<WAS_CE_HOME>/bin/startup.sh -c



Mitigation
To prevent remote exploits hide the naming(1099) and JMX(9999) ports behind a firewall or bind them to a local network interface.

References:
  • Complete CVSS v2 Guide
  • On-line Calculator v2
  • CVE-2013-1777
  • Xforce Site


    • Related Information
    IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
    IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

    *The CVSS Environment Score is customer environment specific and will ultimately impact the Overall CVSS Score. Customers can evaluate the impact of this vulnerability in their environments by accessing the links in the Reference section of this Flash.


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    Document Information

    Modified date:
    25 September 2022

    UID

    swg21643282

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