Update Protection against Oracle BEA Weblogic Server console-help.portal Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2009-211
Date Published:
Severity:
Last Updated:
Source:	Secunia Advisory: SA35776
Industry Reference(s):	CVE-2009-1975
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R70 VPN-1 NGX R65 VSX NGX R65 IPS-1 IPS-1 IPS-1 NGX R65
Who is Vulnerable? BEA Systems WebLogic Server 10.3
Vulnerability Description A cross-site scripting vulnerability was reported in BEA Weblogic Server. BEA WebLogic Server is an enterprise-class Java Application Server platform. WebLogic is typically used as the platform for large enterprise web applications. The vulnerability is due to lack of sanitization of input passed to console-help.portal pages before being returned to the user. A remote unauthenticated attacker can exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary HTML or script code on the client system.

Update/Patch Available The vendor, Oracle, has released an advisory addressing this vulnerability: http://www.oracle.com/technology/deploy/security/critical-patch-updates/cpujul2009.html
Vulnerability Details Specifically, the vulnerability is in the Administration Console Help interface. Input passed via the "searchQuery" parameter to "/consolehelp/console-help.portal" in Oracle WebLogic Server is not properly sanitised before being returned to the user. This can allow for injection of arbitrary HTML and script code.

Protection Overview
This protection will detect and block attempts to exploit this vulnerability. IPS-1 will detect and block attempts to access the Oracle BEA WebLogic console help portal with JavaScript embedded in the searchQuery tag.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway/VPN-1 product to the latest IPS/SmartDefense update. For information on how to update IPS/SmartDefense, go to SBP-2006-05, Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

To configure the defense, select your product from the list below and follow the related protection steps.

Security Gateway R70

How Can I Protect My Network?
1. In the IPS tab, click Protections > By Protocol > Application Intelligence > Database Protections > Oracle.
2. In the right pane, double-click the Oracle BEA Weblogic Server console-help.portal Cross-Site Scripting protection.
3. In the Protection Details window, click on Edit. Choose the protection's Action (Override IPS Policy with: Prevent/Detect), and apply Additional Settings.
4. Install policy on all modules.

How Do I Know if My Network is Under Attack?
SmartView Tracker will log the following entries:

Attack Name: Oracle Protection Violation
Attack Information: Oracle BEA Weblogic Server console-help.portal cross-site scripting

VPN-1 NGX R65

How Can I Protect My Network?
1. In the SmartDefense tab, click Application Intelligence > Database Protections > Oracle > Oracle BEA Weblogic Server console-help.portal Cross-Site Scripting.
2. In the configuration pane, under Settings > Mode, check Active.
3. Install policy on all modules.

VPN-1 VSX NGX R65

IPS-1 & IPS-1 NGX R65

How Can I Protect My Network?
1. In the IPS-1 Policy Manager, click on the Protection tab.
2. In the Protection tree, click Web Intelligence > WWW 2, and select the XSS Attacks protection group.
3. Click User Defined XSS Alert (IPS-1 NGX R65 only).
4. In the configuration pane, under Settings, check Active.
5. Click on Install Policy.

How Do I Know if My Network is Under Attack?
Upon attack, the following entries will be logged:

Alert Name: XSS Attacks
Description: User Defined XSS Alert

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