From: guiness.stout (guinness.stoutgmail.com)
Date: Mon Dec 03 2007 - 10:26:54 CST

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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, <researchprocheckup.com> wrote:
> PR06-08: BEA Plumtree portal internal hostname disclosure vulnerability
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> Description:
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> BEA Plumtree portal is vulnerable to a internal hostname disclosure vulnerability.
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> The internal hostname of the server hosting BEA Plumtree portal is always included at the bottom of every requested HTML page within HTML comments.
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> Date Found: 12th September 2006
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> Vendor contacted: 18th May 2007
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> Vulnerable: BEA Plumtree 5.0.2, 5.0.3, 5.0.4, 6.0.1.218452 and possibly other versions.
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> Severity: Low
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> Authors: Adrian Pastor and Jan Fry from ProCheckUp Ltd (www.procheckup.com)
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> ProCheckUp thanks BEA for working with us.
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> Vendor Status: Confirmed
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> CVE Candidate: Not assigned
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> Proof of concept:
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> The following is an example of the internal hostname of Plumtree server disclosed within HTML comments:
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> <!--Hostname: websvr01-->
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> Consequences:
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> This information could be useful to a malicious user attempting to gain illegal access to resources on internal systems.
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> 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.
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> Fix:
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> This has been addressed in AquaLogic Interaction 6.1. MP1. This can also be addressed by making config changes in ALUI 6.x versions.
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> References:
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> http://www.procheckup.com/Vulnerability_2007.php
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> http://dev2dev.bea.com/pub/advisory/251
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> http://www.plumtree.com/
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