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Security Bulletin: OPEN Source Apache Struts Vulnerabilities IBM Platform Cluster Manager Standard Edition, IBM Platform Cluster Manager Advanced Edition, and Platform HPC (CVE-2016-4003)

Created by Chang Liu on
Published URL:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/629045
629045

Security Bulletin


Summary

Apache Struts is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input by the URLDecoder implementation. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using a specially-crafted URL to execute script in a victim's Web browser within the security context of the hosting Web site, once the URL is clicked. An attacker could use this vulnerability to steal the victim's cookie-based authentication credentials.

Affected Products and Versions

Platform Cluster Manager Standard Edition Version 4.1.0, 4.1.1 and 4.1.1.1
Platform Cluster Manager Advanced Edition Version 4.2.0, 4.2.0.1, 4.2.0.2 and 4.2.1
Platform HPC Version 4.1.1, 4.1.1.1, 4.2.0 and 4.2.1

Remediation/Fixes

See workarounds

Workarounds and Mitigations

Platform Cluster Manager 4.2.1 & Platform HPC 4.2.1

1. Download the struts-2.3.28-lib.zip package from the following location: http://archive.apache.org/dist/struts/2.3.28/

2. Copy the struts-2.3.28-lib.zip package to the management node.

3. Extract the struts-2.3.28-lib.zip package on the management node.

# unzip struts-2.3.28-lib.zip # cd struts-2.3.28/lib # cp xwork-core-2.3.28.jar /opt/pcm/web-portal/gui/3.0/wlp/usr/servers/platform/apps/platform.war/WEB-INF/lib# cp struts2-core-2.3.28.jar /opt/pcm/web-portal/gui/3.0/wlp/usr/servers/platform/apps/platform.war/WEB-INF/lib# cp struts2-jasperreports-plugin-2.3.28.jar /opt/pcm/web-portal/gui/3.0/wlp/usr/servers/platform/apps/platform.war/WEB-INF/lib# cp struts2-json-plugin-2.3.28.jar /opt/pcm/web-portal/gui/3.0/wlp/usr/servers/platform/apps/platform.war/WEB-INF/lib# cp struts2-spring-plugin-2.3.28.jar /opt/pcm/web-portal/gui/3.0/wlp/usr/servers/platform/apps/platform.war/WEB-INF/lib# cp freemarker-2.3.22.jar /opt/pcm/web-portal/gui/3.0/wlp/usr/servers/platform/apps/platform.war/WEB-INF/lib


# cp ognl-3.0.13.jar /opt/pcm/web-portal/gui/3.0/wlp/usr/servers/platform/apps/platform.war/WEB-INF/lib
# mkdir -p /root/backup
# mv /opt/pcm/web-portal/gui/3.0/wlp/usr/servers/platform/apps/platform.war/WEB-INF/lib/struts2-core-2.3.16.3.jar /root/backup# mv /opt/pcm/web-portal/gui/3.0/wlp/usr/servers/platform/apps/platform.war/WEB-INF/lib/struts2-json-plugin-2.3.16.3.jar /root/backup# mv /opt/pcm/web-portal/gui/3.0/wlp/usr/servers/platform/apps/platform.war/WEB-INF/lib/struts2-spring-plugin-2.3.16.3.jar /root/backup# mv /opt/pcm/web-portal/gui/3.0/wlp/usr/servers/platform/apps/platform.war/WEB-INF/lib/xwork-core-2.3.16.3.jar /root/backup# mv /opt/pcm/web-portal/gui/3.0/wlp/usr/servers/platform/apps/platform.war/WEB-INF/lib/freemarker-2.3.18.jar /root/backup
# mv /opt/pcm/web-portal/gui/3.0/wlp/usr/servers/platform/apps/platform.war/WEB-INF/lib/ognl-3.0.6.jar /root/backup

4. Restart Platform HPC services. If high availability is enabled, run the following commands on the active management node:

# pcmhatool failmode -m manual # pcmadmin service stop --service WEBGUI# pcmadmin service start --service WEBGUI# pcmhatool failmode -m auto


Otherwise, if high availability is not enabled, run the following commands on the management node:
# pcmadmin service stop --service WEBGUI# pcmadmin service start --service WEBGUI

Platform Cluster Manager 4.2.0 4.2.0.x & Platform HPC 4.2.0 4.2.0.x

1. Download the struts-2.3.28-lib.zip package from the following location: http://archive.apache.org/dist/struts/2.3.28/

2. Copy the struts-2.3.28-lib.zip package to the management node.

3. Extract the struts-2.3.28-lib.zip package on the management node.

# unzip struts-2.3.28-lib.zip # cd struts-2.3.28/lib # cp xwork-core-2.3.28.jar /opt/pcm/web-portal/gui/3.0/tomcat/webapps/platform/WEB-INF/lib# cp struts2-jasperreports-plugin-2.3.28.jar /opt/pcm/web-portal/gui/3.0/tomcat/webapps/platform/WEB-INF/lib# cp struts2-core-2.3.28.jar /opt/pcm/web-portal/gui/3.0/tomcat/webapps/platform/WEB-INF/lib# cp struts2-json-plugin-2.3.28.jar /opt/pcm/web-portal/gui/3.0/tomcat/webapps/platform/WEB-INF/lib# cp struts2-spring-plugin-2.3.28.jar /opt/pcm/web-portal/gui/3.0/tomcat/webapps/platform/WEB-INF/lib# cp freemarker-2.3.22.jar /opt/pcm/web-portal/gui/3.0/tomcat/webapps/platform/WEB-INF/lib


# cp ognl-3.0.13.jar /opt/pcm/web-portal/gui/3.0/tomcat/webapps/platform/WEB-INF/lib
# mkdir -p /root/backup# mv /opt/pcm/web-portal/gui/3.0/tomcat/webapps/platform/WEB-INF/lib/struts2-core-2.3.16.3.jar /root/backup# mv /opt/pcm/web-portal/gui/3.0/tomcat/webapps/platform/WEB-INF/lib/struts2-json-plugin-2.3.16.3.jar /root/backup# mv /opt/pcm/web-portal/gui/3.0/tomcat/webapps/platform/WEB-INF/lib/struts2-spring-plugin-2.3.16.3.jar /root/backup# mv /opt/pcm/web-portal/gui/3.0/tomcat/webapps/platform/WEB-INF/lib/xwork-core-2.3.16.3.jar /root/backup# mv /opt/pcm/web-portal/gui/3.0/tomcat/webapps/platform/WEB-INF/lib/freemarker-2.3.18.jar /root/backup
# mv /opt/pcm/web-portal/gui/3.0/tomcat/webapps/platform/WEB-INF/lib/ognl-3.0.6.jar /root/backup

4. Restart Platform HPC services. If high availability is enabled, run the following commands on the active management node:


# pcmhatool failmode -m manual # pcmadmin service stop --service WEBGUI# pcmadmin service start --service WEBGUI# pcmhatool failmode -m auto
Otherwise, if high availability is not enabled, run the following commands on the management node:
# pcmadmin service stop --service WEBGUI# pcmadmin service start --service WEBGUI

Platform Cluster Manager 4.1.x & Platform HPC 4.1.x

1. Download the struts-2.3.28-lib.zip package from the following location: http://archive.apache.org/dist/struts/2.3.28/

2. Copy the struts-2.3.28-lib.zip package to the management node.

3. Extract the struts-2.3.28-lib.zip package on the management node

# unzip struts-2.3.28-lib.zip # cd struts-2.3.28/lib/ # cp xwork-core-2.3.28.jar /opt/pcm/web-portal/gui/3.0/tomcat/webapps/platform/WEB-INF/lib# cp struts2-core-2.3.28.jar /opt/pcm/web-portal/gui/3.0/tomcat/webapps/platform/WEB-INF/lib# cp struts2-json-plugin-2.3.28.jar /opt/pcm/web-portal/gui/3.0/tomcat/webapps/platform/WEB-INF/lib# cp struts2-spring-plugin-2.3.28.jar /opt/pcm/web-portal/gui/3.0/tomcat/webapps/platform/WEB-INF/lib# cp freemarker-2.3.22.jar /opt/pcm/web-portal/gui/3.0/tomcat/webapps/platform/WEB-INF/lib# cp struts2-jasperreports-plugin-2.3.28.jar /opt/pcm/web-portal/gui/3.0/tomcat/webapps/platform/WEB-INF/lib


# cp ognl-3.0.13.jar /opt/pcm/web-portal/gui/3.0/tomcat/webapps/platform/WEB-INF/lib
# mkdir -p /root/backup# mv /opt/pcm/web-portal/gui/3.0/tomcat/webapps/platform/WEB-INF/lib/struts2-core-2.3.15.2.jar /root/backup# mv /opt/pcm/web-portal/gui/3.0/tomcat/webapps/platform/WEB-INF/lib/struts2-json-plugin-2.3.15.2.jar /root/backup# mv /opt/pcm/web-portal/gui/3.0/tomcat/webapps/platform/WEB-INF/lib/struts2-spring-plugin-2.3.15.2.jar /root/backup# mv /opt/pcm/web-portal/gui/3.0/tomcat/webapps/platform/WEB-INF/lib/xwork-core-2.3.15.2.jar /root/backup# mv /opt/pcm/web-portal/gui/3.0/tomcat/webapps/platform/WEB-INF/lib/freemarker-2.3.18.jar /root/backup
# mv /opt/pcm/web-portal/gui/3.0/tomcat/webapps/platform/WEB-INF/lib/ognl-3.0.6.jar /root/backup

4. Restart Platform HPC services. If high availability is enabled, run the following commands on the active management node:

# pcmhatool failmode -m manual # pmcadmin stop# pmcadmin start# pcmhatool failmode -m auto

Otherwise, if high availability is not enabled, run the following commands on the management node:

# pmcadmin stop


# pmcadmin start

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References

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Related Information

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Acknowledgement

None

Change History

<02 December 2015>: Original version published

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Document Information

Modified date:
17 June 2018

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