Security Bulletin
Summary
There are vulnerabilities in Apache Tomcat to which the IBM® FlashSystem™ V840 is susceptible. An exploit of this vulnerability (CVE-2017-5647) could make the system susceptible to an attack which could allow an attacker to obtain sensitive information.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2017-5647
DESCRIPTION: Apache Tomcat could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by an error in the processing of pipelined requests in send file. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain sensitive information from the wrong response.
CVSS Base Score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/124400 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S
Affected Products and Versions
Storage Node machine type and models (MTMs) affected: 9840-AE1 and 9843-AE1
Controller Node MTMs affected: 9846-AC0, 9848-AC0, 9846-AC1, and 9848-AC1
Supported storage node code versions which are affected
· VRMFs prior to 1.3.0.9
· VRMFs prior to 1.4.7.0
Supported controller node code versions which are affected
· VRMFs prior to 7.6.1.8
· VRMFs prior to 7.7.1.7
· VRMFs prior to 7.8.1.3
Remediation/Fixes
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MTMs | VRMF | APAR | Remediation/First Fix |
| Storage nodes: 9846-AE1 & 9848-AE1 Controller nodes: 9846-AC0, 9846-AC1, 9848-AC0, & 9848-AC1 | Code fixes are now available, the minimum VRMF containing the fix depends on the code stream: Fixed Code VRMF 1.4 stream: 1.4.7.0 1.3 stream: 1.3.0.9 Controller Node VRMF 8.1 stream: 8.1.0.0 7.8 stream: 7.8.1.3 7.7 stream: 7.7.1.7 7.6 stream: 7.6.1.8 | N/A | FlashSystem V840 fixes for storage and controller node are available @ IBM’s Fix Central |
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Acknowledgement
None
Change History
22 December 2017 Original Version Published
*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 Information
Modified date:
17 June 2018
UID
ssg1S1011803