Security Bulletin
Summary
App Connect Professional has addressed the following vulnerabilities reported in Apache Tomcat.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2020-11996
DESCRIPTION: Apache Tomcat is vulnerable to a denial of service. By sending a specially crafted sequence of HTTP/2 requests, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to trigger high CPU
usage for several seconds.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/184012 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)
Affected Products and Versions
App Connect Professional v 7.5.3.0
Remediation/Fixes
| Product | VRMF | APAR | Remediation/First Fix |
| App Connect Professional | 7.5.3.0 | LI81678 | 7530 Fixcentral link |
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Change History
06 Oct 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:
07 October 2020
Initial Publish date:
06 October 2020
UID
ibm16343967