SB2017122101 - Information disclosure in IBM WebSphere Portal
Published: December 21, 2017
Security Bulletin ID
SB2017122101
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Information disclosure
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Information disclosure (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-1698)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information.
The weakness exists due to unspecified condition that exist when returning an error message. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted request, trigger an error message response and access sensitive information within the error message.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in further attacks.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.