Security Bulletin
Summary
Two vulnerabilities were identified and remediated in the IBM MaaS360 Mobile Enterprise Gateway.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2019-20445
DESCRIPTION: Netty could provide weaker than expected security, caused by non-proper handling of Content-Length and Transfer-Encoding in the HttpObjectDecoder.java. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to launch further attacks on the system.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/175486 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)
CVEID: CVE-2019-20444
DESCRIPTION: Netty is vulnerable to HTTP request smuggling, caused by a flaw in the HttpObjectDecoder.java. 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/175487 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) |
| IBM MaaS360 Mobile Enterprise Gateway | 2.102 and prior |
Remediation/Fixes
Update the IBM MaaS360 Mobile Enterprise Gateway to version 2.103.x or greater.
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Change History
05 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:
13 January 2021
UID
ibm16403832