Security Bulletin
Summary
WebSphere Message Broker and IBM Integration Bus are affected by Open Source Apache Tomcat vulnerability
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2016-6816
DESCRIPTION: Apache Tomcat is vulnerable to HTTP response splitting attacks, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to inject arbitrary HTTP headers and 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 or cross-site scripting, and possibly obtain sensitive information.
CVSS Base Score: 6.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/119158 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 Integration Bus V10.0.0.0- 10.0.0.8
IBM Integration Bus V9.0.0.0- 9.0.0.7
WebSphere Message Broker V8.0.0.0 - 8.0.0.8
Remediation/Fixes
|
Product | VRMF | APAR | Remediation/Fix |
| IBM Integration Bus | V10.0.0.0- 10.0.0.8 | IT19472 | The APAR is available in fix pack 10.0.0.9 |
| IBM Integration Bus | V9.0.0.0- 9.0.0.7 | IT19472 | The APAR is available in fix pack 9.0.0.8 |
| WebSphere Message Broker | V8.0.0.0 - 8.0.0.8 | IT19472 | The APAR is available in fix pack 8.0.0.9 |
For unsupported versions of the product, IBM recommends upgrading to a fixed, supported version/release/platform of the product.
The planned maintenance release dates for WebSphere Message Broker and IBM Integration Bus are available at :
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=849&uid=swg27006308
Workarounds and Mitigations
None known
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References
Acknowledgement
None
Change History
30 Jun 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.
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Internal Use Only
Product Synonym
WMB IIB
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Document Information
Modified date:
23 March 2020
UID
swg22005331