Security Bulletin: Rational Build Forge Security Advisory (CVE-2013-4286)

Security Bulletin

Summary

IBM Rational Build Forge is shipped with an Apache Tomcat. Apache Tomcat has released a patch that contains security vulnerability fixes and BuildForge is affected. These fixes have been added to the Rational Build Forge 7.1.3.5 iFix2 and 8.0.0.2 release.

Vulnerability Details

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CVEID: CVE-2013-4286

Description: Open Source Apache Tomcat - HTTP request smuggling issue.

CVSS Base Score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/91426 for the current score.
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Build Forge 7.1.3.x, 8.0, and 8.0.0.1 are affected.

Note: Versions earlier than 7.1.3.0 are not affected.

Remediation/Fixes

Apply the correct fix pack or iFix for your version of Build Forge:

Affected Version	Fix
Build Forge version 7.1.3.0 - 7.1.3.5 iFix1	7.1.3.5 iFix2 (not released yet) Note: If you need 7.1.3.5 iFix2, contact IBM support
Build Forge version 8.0.0.0 - 8.0.0.1	Rational Build Forge Fix Pack 2 (8.0.0.2) for 8.0

Workarounds and Mitigations

Update your Tomcat installation.

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References

Complete CVSS v2 Guide
On-line Calculator v2

Off

http:/tomcat.apache.org/security-8.html
http:/tomcat.apache.org/security-7.html
http:/tomcat.apache.org/security-6.html

Acknowledgement

None

Change History

* 24 June 2014: Original copy published

*The CVSS Environment Score is customer environment specific and will ultimately impact the Overall CVSS Score. Customers can evaluate the impact of this vulnerability in their environments by accessing the links in the Reference section of this Security Bulletin.

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Internal Use Only

PSIRT Advisory 1545, record 34109

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Security Bulletin: Rational Build Forge Security Advisory (CVE-2013-4286)