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Rational Directory Server (Tivoli) is affected by an Apache Tomcat vulnerability (CVE-2014-7810)

Created by Deepak Agarwal on

Security Bulletin


Summary

The Apache Tomcat application server in installations of IBM Rational Directory Server (Tivoli) contains a security vulnerability.

Vulnerability Details

One version of Rational Directory Server (Tivoli) is shipped with an Apache Tomcat application server that contains a security vulnerability. Apache Tomcat has been updated to incorporate fixes for these vulnerabilities.

Rational Directory Server (Tivoli) is affected by the following vulnerability:

CVE-ID: CVE-2014-7810
Description: Apache Tomcat could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by the use of expression language. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to bypass the protections of a Security Manager.
CVSS Base Score: 5.0
CVSS Temporal Score: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/103155 for more information
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Rational Directory Server (Tivoli) version 5.2.0.2

Remediation/Fixes

You can upgrade Apache Tomcat after installing Rational Directory Server.

To obtain the updated version of the Apache Tomcat, contact IBM Support.


 
The following table presents Rational Directory Server versions and the released versions of Apache Tomcat.

Rational Directory ServerApache Tomcat
RDS 5.2.0.26.0.45

 
Support can help identify the latest Apache Tomcat that is compatible with your operating system and platform. Publicly available versions of the Apache Tomcat are not supported with Rational Directory Server.

After you obtain the Apache Tomcat update from Support do these steps:
 
Procedure:
  1. Go to the Rational Directory Server installation directory. 
    For example: C:\Program Files\IBM\Rational\RDS_5.2.0.2
  2. Locate the Start_RDAWebServer.bat and change the path to new Tomcat version.
    For Windows example: “C\program Files\IBM\Rational\RDS_5.2.0.2\webAccessServer\apache-tomcat-6.0.45\bin”
    For Linux example : “/var/IBM/Rational?RDS_5.2.0.2/WebAccessServer/apache-tomcat-6.0.45”
  3. Copy ./<old_tomcat>/webapps/*.war to ./<new tomcat>/webapps.
  4. Copy the following files from <old_tomcat>/bin to <new tomcat>/bin
    • GroupSchema.xsd
    • tdsbuild.property
    • TDSConfiguration.xml
    • TDSResource_en_US.xml
    • UserSchema.xsd
  5. Copy the JRE path in <new_tomcat>/bin/catalina.bat from <old_tomcat>/bin/catalina.bat
    For Linux update the JRE path in <new_tomcat>/bin/catalina.sh from <old_tomcat>/bin/catalina.sh
  6. For Linux Only: Go to the <new_tomcat>/bin and execute the command chmod +x *.sh in terminal.
 
 

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

Acknowledgement

None

Change History

* 31 March 2016: 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

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:
17 June 2018

UID

swg21980321

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