Security Bulletin: Open Source Apache Tomcat vulnerabilities affect IBM Tivoli Application Dependency Discovery Manager (TADDM)(CVE-2019-12418, CVE-2019-17563)

Security Bulletin

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities in Open Source Apache Tomcat reported by The Apache Software Foundation affect IBM Tivoli Application Dependency Discovery Manager

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2019-12418
DESCRIPTION: Apache Tomcat could allow a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused by a flaw when configured with the JMX Remote Lifecycle Listener. By using man-in-the-middle attack techniques, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to capture user names and passwords used to access the JMX interface and gain elevated privileges.
CVSS Base score: 8.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/173626 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

CVEID: CVE-2019-17563
DESCRIPTION: Apache Tomcat could allow a local attacker to hijack a user's session. By using the FORM authentication function, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to gain access to another user's session.
CVSS Base score: 5.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/173558 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM Tivoli Application Dependency Discovery Manager - 7.2.2 Marked as Invalid

Affected Product(s)	Version(s)
IBM Tivoli Application Dependency Discovery Manager	7.3.0

Note:

TADDM 7.3.0.1 - 7.3.0.7 - not affected - as they use WebSphere Liberty Profile.

Remediation/Fixes

Below eFix is prepared on top of the latest 7.3.0.0 (7.3.0.1 - 7.3.0.7 not affected)

Fix	VRMF	APAR	How to acquire fix
efix_tomcat7099_201411291020.zip	7.3.0.0	None	Download eFix

Please get familiar with eFix readme in etc/<efix_name>_readme.txt
Note that the eFix requires manual deletion of the external/apache-tomcat directory.

Workarounds and Mitigations

The above eFix is applicable only to 7.3.0.0 and can be downloaded and applied directly.

Note :

TADDM 7.3.0.1 - 7.3.0.7 are not affected as they use WebSphere Liberty Profile.

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References

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Acknowledgement

Change History

19 Feb 2020: Initial Publication

*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 Location

Worldwide

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Security Bulletin: Open Source Apache Tomcat vulnerabilities affect IBM Tivoli Application Dependency Discovery Manager (TADDM)(CVE-2019-12418, CVE-2019-17563)