SB2017080825 - Multiple vulnerabilities in Liferay Portal



SB2017080825 - Multiple vulnerabilities in Liferay Portal

Published: August 8, 2017

Security Bulletin ID SB2017080825
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 4
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Data manipulation

Breakdown by Severity

Medium 25% Low 75%
  • Low
  • Medium
  • High
  • Critical

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 4 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Denial of service (CVE-ID: N/A)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service attack.

The vulnerability exists due to errors in AggregateFilter, MinifierFilter and DynamicCSSFilter components. A remote attacker can use a specially crafted URL to consume all available disk space on the system and cause denial of service (DoS) conditions.

 


2) Improper input validation (CVE-ID: N/A)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service attack.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient input sanitization when creating or editing Wiki pages. A remote authenticated attacker with permissions to create or edit a Wiki page can cause a denial of service (DoS) in the portal via crafted form parameters.


3) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: N/A)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform XSS attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient input sanitization in various web application components. A remote attacker can trick the victim into visiting a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in victim’s browser in security context of the affected website.


4) Information disclosure (CVE-ID: N/A)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to obtain potentially sensitive data.

The vulnerability exists due to excessive data output. A remote attacker can use a specially crafted URL to obtain path to all OSGi bundles.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.