Bug 1244835 – CVE-2015-5176 PortletBridge: information disclosure via auto-dispatching of non-JSF resources

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Bug 1244835 - (CVE-2015-5176) CVE-2015-5176 PortletBridge: information disclosure via auto-dispatching of non-JSF resources

Summary:	CVE-2015-5176 PortletBridge: information disclosure via auto-dispatching of n...

Status:	NEW

Aliases:	CVE-2015-5176

Product:	Security Response
Classification:	Other
Component:	vulnerability (Show other bugs)
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Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All Linux

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Keywords:	Security

Depends On:	1244839 1244840 1244838
Blocks:	1244836
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Reported:	2015-07-20 10:56 EDT by Chess Hazlett
Modified:	2018-02-06 14:23 EST (History)
CC List:	7 users (show)

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Doc Type:	Bug Fix
Doc Text:	It was found that PortletBridge PortletRequestDispatcher did not respect security constraints set by the servlet if a portlet request asked for rendering of a non-JSF resource such as JSP or HTML. A remote attacker could use this flaw to potentially bypass certain security constraints and gain access to restricted resources.
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Tracker	ID	Priority	Status	Summary	Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata	RHSA-2015:1543	normal	SHIPPED_LIVE	Moderate: Red Hat JBoss Portal 6.2.0 security update	2015-08-04 17:15:11 EDT

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Description Chess Hazlett 2015-07-20 10:56:59 EDT

It was found that PortletBridge PortletRequestDispatcher did not respect security constraints set by the servlet if a portlet request asks for rendering of a non-JSF resource such as JSP or HTML.

Comment 2 Chess Hazlett 2015-08-03 10:47:49 EDT

Acknowledgements:

Red Hat would like to thank Liferay, Inc. for reporting this issue.

Comment 3 errata-xmlrpc 2015-08-04 13:15:18 EDT

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  JBoss Portal 6.2.0

Via RHSA-2015:1543 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1543.html

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