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Security Bulletin: Vulnerabilities in Apache Tomcat affects IBM Platform Symphony

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Summary

This interim fix provides instructions on upgrading Apache Tomcat to v8.5.50 in IBM Platform Symphony 7.1 Fix Pack 1 in order to address security vulnerabilities CVE-2019-12418 and CVE-2019-17563 in Apache Tomcat.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2019-12418
DESCRIPTION:   Apache Tomcat could allow a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused by a flaw when configured with the JMX Remote Lifecycle Listener. By using man-in-the-middle attack techniques, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to capture user names and passwords used to access the JMX interface and gain elevated privileges.
CVSS Base score: 8.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/173626 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

CVEID:   CVE-2019-17563
DESCRIPTION:   Apache Tomcat could allow a local attacker to hijack a user's session. By using the FORM authentication function, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to gain access to another user's session.
CVSS Base score: 5.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/173558 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)Version(s)
IBM Platform Symphony7.1 Fix Pack 1

Remediation/Fixes

ProductRemediation/First Fix
IBM Platform Symphony 7.1 Fix Pack 1sym-7.1-build539859
 

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

Complete CVSS v3 Guide
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Related Information

IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

Change History

11 Feb 2020: Initial Publication

*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.

Disclaimer

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Document Location

Worldwide

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Document Information

Modified date:
11 February 2020

Initial Publish date:
11 February 2020

UID

ibm11848111

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