TITLE:
BEA WebLogic SSL Impersonation Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA11358

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/11358/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
ID Spoofing

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
BEA WebLogic Express 7.x
BEA WebLogic Express 8.x
BEA WebLogic Server 7.x
BEA WebLogic Server 8.x

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been discovered in WebLogic Server and WebLogic
Express, which potentially allows malicious people to impersonate a
user or server.

The problem arises when SSL connections are established. A connection
may be approved if the certificate chain is valid but the custom
trust manager rejects the chain. This can potentially be exploited to
gain unauthorised access.

SOLUTION:
Updates are available.

WebLogic Server and WebLogic Express version 8.1 Service Pack 2:
ftp://ftpna.beasys.com/pub/releases/security/CR129371_81sp2.jar

WebLogic Server and WebLogic Express version 7.0:
Apply Service Pack 5.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported by vendor.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://dev2dev.bea.com/resourcelibrary/advisoriesnotifications/BEA04_54.00.jsp

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