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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2012.0561
Oracle Mojarra FacesContext information disclosure
18 June 2012
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: Oracle Mojarra FacesContext
Publisher: ISS
Operating System: Windows
UNIX variants (UNIX, Linux, OSX)
Impact/Access: Access Confidential Data -- Remote/Unauthenticated
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names: CVE-2012-2672
Original Bulletin:
http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/76179
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Oracle Mojarra FacesContext information disclosure
mojarra-facescontext-info-disc (76179)
Description:
Oracle Mojarra could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information,
caused by an error in the FacesContext object. By invoking the
FacesContext.getCurrentInstance() function, an attacker could exploit this
vulnerability to disclose another WAR's resources and obtain sensitive
information.
*CVSS:
Base Score: 5
Access Vector: Network
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: None
Confidentiality Impact: Partial
Integrity Impact: None
Availability Impact: None
Temporal Score: 4
Exploitability: Unproven
Remediation Level: Unavailable
Report Confidence: Uncorroborated
Consequences:
Obtain Information
Remedy:
No remedy available as of June 15, 2012.
References:
JIRA Web site: Security bug with FacesContext in application startup.
http://java.net/jira/browse/JAVASERVERFACES-2436?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels%3Acomment-tabpanel
Oracle Web site: Oracle.
http://www.oracle.com/index.html
CVE-2012-2672: ** RESERVED ** This candidate has been reserved by an
organization or individual that will use it when announcing a new security
problem. When the candidate has been publicized, the details for this candidate
will be provided.
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-2672
SA49284: Oracle Mojarra "FacesContext" Information Disclosure Vulnerability
http://secunia.com/advisories/49284
Platforms Affected:
Oracle Mojarra 2.1.7
Reported:
Jun 01, 2012
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