Security Bulletin
Summary
Netty is used by IBM Spectrum Scale Transparent Cloud Tiering. IBM Spectrum Scale Transparent Cloud Tiering has addressed the applicable CVE.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2020-7238
DESCRIPTION: Netty is vulnerable to HTTP request smuggling, caused by a flaw when handling Transfer-Encoding whitespace and a later Content-Length 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/175398 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
| Affected Product(s) | Version(s) |
| gpfs.tct.server | 1.1.2 |
| gpfs.tct.server | 1.1.6 |
| gpfs.tct.server | 1.1.1 |
| gpfs.tct.server | 1.1.5 |
| gpfs.tct.server | 1.1.7 |
| gpfs.tct.server | 1.1.3 |
Remediation/Fixes
For Transparent Cloud Tiering 1.1.1.0 thru 1.1.7.4, apply Transparent Cloud Tiering 1.1.8.0 bundled with IBM Spectrum Scale V5.0.5.0 available from Fix Central at:
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Change History
26 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.
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Document Location
Worldwide
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Document Information
Modified date:
26 May 2020
Initial Publish date:
26 May 2020
UID
ibm16216860