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Security Bulletin: A vulnerability in the Firefox component of the Synthetic Playback agent affects IBM Performance Management products.

Created by Ruairi O'Sullivan on
Published URL:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/294945
294945

Security Bulletin


Summary

Multiple browsers could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by the failure to consider the role of the TCP congestion window in providing information about content length by the HTTPS protocol or by the HTTP/2 protocol. By visiting a Web site owned by a malicious party, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain e-mail addresses, social security numbers, and other small pieces of encrypted data. Note: This vulnerability is also known as a HEIST attack.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2016-7152
DESCRIPTION:
Multiple browsers could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by the failure to consider the role of the TCP congestion window in providing information about content length by the HTTPS protocol. By visiting a Web site owned by a malicious party, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain e-mail addresses, social security numbers, and other small pieces of encrypted data. Note: This vulnerability is also known as a HEIST attack.
CVSS Base Score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/116624 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)

CVEID: CVE-2016-7153
DESCRIPTION:
Multiple browsers could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by the failure to consider the role of the TCP congestion window in providing information about content length by the HTTP/2 protocol. By visiting a Web site owned by a malicious party, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain e-mail addresses, social security numbers, and other small pieces of encrypted data. Note: This vulnerability is also known as a HEIST attack.
CVSS Base Score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/116623 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM Application Performance Management 8.1.3

IBM Application Performance Management Advanced 8.1.3

IBM Cloud Application Performance Management

Remediation/Fixes

Product

Product
VRMF
Remediation
IBM Application Performance Management

IBM Application Performance Management Advanced

8.1.3
If you use the Synthetic Playback agent, the vulnerabilities can be remediated by applying the Synthetic Playback agent 8.1.3.0-IBM-IPM-SYNTHETIC-PLAYBACK-AGENT-IF0005 patch to all systems where this agent is installed:
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?&uid=isg400003153
IBM Cloud Application Performance Management N/A
If you use the Synthetic Playback agent, the vulnerabilities can be remediated by applying the Synthetic Playback agent 8.1.3.1.0-IBM-IPM-SYNTHETIC-PLAYBACK-AGENT-IF0001 patch to all systems where this agent is installed:
http://dbluewas1.pok.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?&uid=isg400001500

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Change History

April 5, 2017 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.

Disclaimer

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Document Information

Modified date:
17 June 2018

UID

swg22000816