oss-security - CVE request: Mojarra allows deployed web applications to read FacesContext from other applications

Follow @Openwall on Twitter for new release announcements and other news

[<prev] [next>] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date: Wed, 06 Jun 2012 22:02:02 -0400 (EDT)
From: David Jorm <djorm@...hat.com>
To: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: CVE request: Mojarra allows deployed web applications to read FacesContext from other applications

Could a CVE please be assigned for this issue:

It was found that in Mojarra, the FacesContext that is made available during application startup is held in a ThreadLocal. The reference is not properly cleaned up in all cases. As a result, if a JSF WAR calls FacesContext.getCurrentInstance() during application startup, another WAR can get access to the leftover context and thus get access to the other WAR's resources.

References:
Upstream Mojarra bug: http://java.net/jira/browse/JAVASERVERFACES-2436
Bug for JBoss-specific impacts: https://issues.jboss.org/browse/JBPAPP-9197

Thanks
-- 
David Jorm / Red Hat Security Response Team

Please check out the Open Source Software Security Wiki, which is counterpart to this mailing list.

Confused about mailing lists and their use? Read about mailing lists on Wikipedia and check out these guidelines on proper formatting of your messages.