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Security Bulletin: A potential security vulnerability in WebSphere Liberty Profile affects InfoSphere Streams (CVE-2015-2017)

Created by Stanley Bradbury on
Published URL:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/273673
273673

Security Bulletin


Summary

IBM WebSphere Liberty Profile Server shipped with InfoSphere Streams contains a vulnerability. Information about a security vulnerability affecting IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty Core 8.5.5.7 and earlier has been published in a security bulletin.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2015-2017
DESCRIPTION: The IBM WebSphere Portal is vulnerable to HTTP response splitting attacks. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using specially-crafted URL to cause the server to return a split response, once the URL is clicked. This would allow the attacker to perform further attacks, such as Web cache poisoning, cross-site scripting, and possibly obtain sensitive information.
CVSS Base Score: 5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/103991 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

  • 3.1.0.7 and earlier
  • 3.2.1.4 and earlier
  • 4.0.1.1 and earlier
  • 4.1.1.0

Remediation/Fixes

Apply the appropriate upgrade for InfoSphere Streams as indicated below. Fix packs are available on IBM Fix Central.

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References

Complete CVSS v2 Guide
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Related Information

IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

IBM Websphere Security Bulletin (CVE-2015-2017)

Change History

09 May 2016: Published document with 3.0, 3.1 and 3.2.1 download links
13 May 2016: Added 4.0.1 download link
06 June 2016: added 4.1.1.1 download link

*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

Review the IBM security bulletin disclaimer and definitions regarding your responsibilities for assessing potential impact of security vulnerabilities to your environment.

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Document Information

Modified date:
16 June 2018

UID

swg21972285

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