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Security Bulletin: Open Source Apache Tomcat prior to 6.0.42 as used in IBM QRadar Security Information and Event Manager 7.1 MR2, and 7.2.4 is vulnerable to HTTP request smuggling. (CVE-2014-0227)

Created by Sean Peppard on
Published URL:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/529513
529513

Security Bulletin


Summary

Apache Tomcat prior to 6.0.43 is vulnerable to HTTP request smuggling. (CVE-2014-0227)

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2014-0227


DESCRIPTION:
Apache Tomcat is vulnerable to HTTP request smuggling. A remote attacker could send a specially-crafted request in a malformed chunked header to the Web server to cause multiple processing conflicts on the servers. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to poison the web cache, bypass web application firewall protection, and conduct XSS attacks.

CVSS Base Score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/100751 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

  • IBM QRadar Security Information and Event Manager 7.1 MR2 Patch 10 and prior.
  • IBM QRadar Security Information and Event Manager 7.2.4 Patch 5 iFix 3 and prior.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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Acknowledgement

None

Change History

June 15, 2015

*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.

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Document Information

Modified date:
16 June 2018

UID

swg21959999