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Security Bulletin: IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus Transport Module Common Integration Library is vulnerable to HTTP request smuggling due to Netty (CVE-2021-43797)

Security Bulletin


Summary

Netty (CVE-2021-43797) is used by IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus Transport Module Common Integration Library as part of the webhook integration. The latest patch includes Netty 4.1.72.Final to fix the vulnerability.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2021-43797
DESCRIPTION:   Netty is vulnerable to HTTP request smuggling, caused by improper parsing of the HTTP transfer-encoding request header names. 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: 6.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/215118 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)Version(s)
IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus Integration - Transport Module Common Integration Librarycommon-transportmodule-12_0 up to and including common-transportmodule-33_4

 


Remediation/Fixes

IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability now.

Updated Product(s)Version(s)Remediation/Fix/Instructions
IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus Integration - Transport Module Common Integration Librarycommon-transportmodule-33_6Refer to release notice for the part number of the new package and instructions for the upgrade

 

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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Change History

30 Mar 2022: Initial Publication

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Document Location

Worldwide

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Document Information

Modified date:
30 March 2022

Initial Publish date:
30 March 2022

UID

ibm16566821