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Security Bulletin: Security Vulnerability in IBM WebSphere Application Server affects IBM Content Collector (CVE-2015-2017)

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Published URL:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/274571
274571

Security Bulletin


Summary

IBM WebSphere Application Server that is used with IBM Content Collector could allow an HTTP response spilitting attack in Channel.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2015-2017
DESCRIPTION: IBM WebSphere Application Server 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

IBM Content Collector 2.2.0 - 4.0.1

Remediation/Fixes

Product

VRMF Remediation/First Fix
IBM Content Collector 2.2.0 Follow the guidance in Security Bulletin: HTTP response splitting attack in WebSphere Application Server (CVE-2015-2017) for IBM WebSphere Application Server 7.0.
IBM Content Collector
on Windows 32-bit operating system 		3.0.0 - 4.0.0.3
  1. Review the instructions in Interim Fix 4.0.1.0-IBM-ICC-IF003, available from Fix Central.
  2. Follow the guidance in Security Bulletin: HTTP response splitting attack in WebSphere Application Server (CVE-2015-2017) for IBM WebSphere Application Server 8.0.
IBM Content Collector
on Windows 64-bit operating system 		3.0.0 - 4.0.0.3
  1. Apply Interim Fix 4.0.1.0-IBM-ICC-IF003, available from Fix Central.
  2. Follow the guidance in Security Bulletin: HTTP response splitting attack in WebSphere Application Server (CVE-2015-2017) for IBM WebSphere Application Server 8.0.
IBM Content Collector4.0.1 - 4.0.1.1
  1. Apply Interim Fix 4.0.1.0-IBM-ICC-IF003 or Apply FixPack 4.0.1.2-IBM-ICC-FP002 , available from Fix Central (recommended).
  2. Follow the guidance in Security Bulletin: HTTP response splitting attack in WebSphere Application Server (CVE-2015-2017) for IBM WebSphere Application Server 8.0.
IBM Content Collector4.0.1.2 and higherFollow the guidance in Security Bulletin: HTTP response splitting attack in WebSphere Application Server (CVE-2015-2017) for IBM WebSphere Application Server 8.0.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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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

Change History

17 Feb 2016: original version 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.

Disclaimer

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Document Information

Modified date:
17 June 2018

UID

swg21972908

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