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Security Bulletin: IBM WebSphere Cast Iron Solution & App Connect Professional is affected by Apache Tomcat vulnerabilities.

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Summary

IBM WebSphere Cast Iron Solution & App Connect Professional has addressed the following vulnerabilities reported in Apache Tomcat.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2020-1935
DESCRIPTION:   Apache Tomcat is vulnerable to HTTP request smuggling, caused by a flaw when handling unusual Transfer-Encoding HTTP header. By sending a specially-crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to poison the web cache, bypass web application firewall protection, and conduct XSS attacks.
CVSS Base score: 6.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/176788 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N)

CVEID:   CVE-2019-17569
DESCRIPTION:   Apache Tomcat is vulnerable to HTTP request smuggling, caused by a flaw when handling unusual Transfer-Encoding HTTP header. By sending a specially-crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to poison the web cache, bypass web application firewall protection, and conduct XSS attacks.
CVSS Base score: 6.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/176784 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

WebSphere Cast Iron v 7.5.0.0, 7.5.0.1, 7.5.1.0

WebSphere Cast Iron v 7.0.0.0, 7.0.0.1,  7.0.0.2

App Connect Professional  v 7.5.2.0

App Connect Professional  v 7.5.3.0


Remediation/Fixes

 

ProductVRMFAPARRemediation/First Fix
IBM WebSphere Cast Iron7.0.0.0
7.0.0.1
7.0.0.2		LI814657002 Fixcentral Link
IBM WebSphere Cast Iron7.5.0.0
7.5.0.1
7.5.1.0		LI814657510 fixcentral Link
App Connect Professional7.5.2.0LI814657520 Fixcentral link
App Connect Professional7.5.3.0LI814657530 Fixcentral link

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

Complete CVSS v3 Guide
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Related Information

IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

Change History

04 May 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.

Disclaimer

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Document Location

Worldwide

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Document Information

Modified date:
10 May 2020

UID

ibm16208290

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