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Security Bulletin: IBM Streams may be impacted by a vulnerability in WebSphere Liberty (CVE-2016-0359)

Created by Jason Nikolai on
Published URL:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/552655
552655

Security Bulletin


Summary

There is a HTTP response splitting attack vulnerability in IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty which may impact IBM Streams. The IBM Streams team has addressed this vulnerability.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2016-0359
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: 6.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/111929 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

  • IBM Streams Version 4.1.1.1 and earlier
  • IBM InfoSphere Streams Version 4.0.1.2 and earlier
  • IBM InfoSphere Streams Version 3.2.1.5 and earlier
  • IBM InfoSphere Streams Version 3.1.0.7 and earlier
  • IBM InfoSphere Streams Version 3.0.0.5 and earlier
  • IBM InfoSphere Streams Version 2.0.0.4 and earlier
  • IBM InfoSphere Streams Version 1.2.1.0

Remediation/Fixes

NOTE: Fix Packs are available on IBM Fix Central.

  • Version 4.1.1:
  • Version 4.0.1:
  • Version 3.2.1:
  • Version 3.1.0:
    • Contact IBM Technical Support.
  • Version 3.0.0:
    • Contact IBM Technical Support.
  • Versions 1.2 and 2.0:
    • For version 1.x and 2.x, IBM recommends upgrading to a fixed, supported version/release/platform of the product. Customers who cannot upgrade and need to secure their installation should open a PMR with IBM Technical Support and request assistance securing their InfoSphere Streams system against the vulnerabilities identified in this Security Bulletin.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

Complete CVSS v2 Guide
On-line Calculator v2

Complete CVSS v3 Guide
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Related Information

IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

Change History

22 September 2016: Original version created
05 December 2016: Added fix pack links

*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

swg21991050

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