Security Bulletin: Security vulnerabilities in Apache Tomcat for WebSphere Application Server Community Edition 2.1.1.6 and 3.0.0.4（CVE-2014-0075, CVE-2014-0096 and CVE-2014-0119）

Created by Andy McCright on Thu, 10/09/2014 - 23:18

Security Bulletin

Summary

Security vulnerabilities exist in Apache Tomcat May 2014 X-Force Report that is shipped with IBM WebSphere Application Server Community Edition 2.1.1.6 and 3.0.0.4

Vulnerability Details

CVE ID: CVE-2014-0075

DESCRIPTION: Apache Tomcat is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by the improper handling of a malformed chunk size as part of a chunked request. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service.

CVSS:

CVSS Base Score: 5

CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/93365 for the current score

CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined

CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

CVE ID: CVE-2014-0096

DESCRIPTION: Apache Tomcat could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by an XML External Entity Injection (XXE) error when processing XML data by the default server. By sending specially-crafted XML data, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain sensitive information.

CVSS:

CVSS Base Score: 4.3

CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/93367 for the current score

CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined

CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)

CVE ID: CVE-2014-0119

DESCRIPTION: Apache Tomcat could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by the replacement of the XML parsers used to process XSLTs for the default servlet. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability using a specially-crafted application to obtain sensitive information.

CVSS:

CVSS Base Score: 5

CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/93368 for the current score

CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined

CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

WebSphere Application Server Community Edition 2.1.1.6
WebSphere Application Server Community Edition 3.0.0.4

Remediation/Fixes

Please follow the instruction below.

WASCE 2.1.1.6

1.Please download the patch file.patchFor2.1.1.6.zip

2.Unzip the attached file into the WebSphere Application Server Community Edition installation directory, and ensure the files listed in the zip file replace the ones in the server installation directory.

3.Start WASCE 2.1.1.6 server.

WASCE 3.0.0.4

1.Please download the patch file.patchFor3.0.0.4.zip

3.Start WASCE 3.0.0.4 server with the cache cleaned, for example,

Window

<WAS_CE_HOME>\bin\startup -c
Unix/Linux
<WAS_CE_HOME>/bin/startup.sh -c

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References

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*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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Tips

Security Bulletin: Security vulnerabilities in Apache Tomcat for WebSphere Application Server Community Edition 2.1.1.6 and 3.0.0.4（CVE-2014-0075, CVE-2014-0096 and CVE-2014-0119）