Security Bulletin
Summary
A vulnerability contained within a 3rd party component was identified and remediated in the IBM MaaS360 Mobile Enterprise Gateway and MaaS360 Cloud Extender Configuration Utility module.
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 MaaS360 Mobile Enterprise Gateway module | 2.106.200 and prior |
| IBM MaaS360 Cloud Extender Configuration Utility module | 2.105.200 and prior |
Remediation/Fixes
Update the IBM MaaS360 Mobile Enterprise Gateway and the MaaS360 Cloud Extender Configuration Utility Module to version 2.106.400 or higher.
Instructions on how to upgrade the IBM MaaS360 Mobile Enterprise Gateway is located on this IBM Documentation page. Instructions on how to upgrade the IBM MaaS360 Cloud Extender Configuration Utility Module is located on this IBM Documentation page.
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Change History
29 Apr 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:
02 May 2022
Initial Publish date:
29 April 2022
UID
ibm16578693