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Security Bulletin: IBM UrbanCode Release is affected by CVE-2021-33037

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Summary

IBM UrbanCode Release version 6.2.2.7 - 6.2.5.4 are affected by CVE-2021-33037

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2021-33037
DESCRIPTION:   Apache Tomcat is vulnerable to HTTP request smuggling, caused by improper parsing of the HTTP transfer-encoding request header. By sending a specially-crafted HTTP(S) transfer-encoding request header, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to poison the web cache, bypass web application firewall protection, and conduct XSS attacks.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/205222 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)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)Version(s)
IBM UrbanCode Release6.2.2.7 - 6.2.5.4

Remediation/Fixes

IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability now by upgrading to IBM UrbanCode Release version 6.2.5.5 or above.

Affected Supporting Product(s)

Remediation/Fix

IBM UrbanCode Release 6.2.2.7 - 6.2.5.4

Download IBM UrbanCode Release 6.2.5.5 – Includes Tomcat 8.5.69

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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Change History

24 Jan 2022: 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:
25 January 2022

UID

ibm16550780