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TITLE:
IBM WebSphere Portal Server Authentication Bypass

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA31443

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/31443/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
Security Bypass

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
IBM WebSphere Portal 6.x
http://secunia.com/product/12201/

DESCRIPTION:
Charles Gillman has reported a vulnerability in WebSphere Portal
Server, which can be exploited by malicious people to bypass certain
security restrictions.

The vulnerability is caused due to the administrative interface not
properly restricting access to certain pages. This can be exploited
to perform certain administrative actions via a specially crafted
HTTP request.

The vulnerability is reported in IBM WebSphere Portal and Portal
Express versions 5.1.0.0, 5.1.0.1, 5.1.0.2, 5.1.0.3, 5.1.0.4,
5.1.0.5, 6.0.0.0, 6.0.0.1, 6.0.1.0, 6.0.1.1, 6.0.1.3, 6.1.0.0.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 6.0.1.4.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Charles Gillman, Security Assurance National Australia Bank

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=688&ca=portall2&uid=swg1PK67104

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