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Security Bulletin: IBM PowerVM Novalink is vulnerable because IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty vulnerable to HTTP header injection, caused by improper validation.

Security Bulletin


Summary

IBM PowerVM Novalink is vulnerable because IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty vulnerable to HTTP header injection, caused by improper validation. This could allow an attacker to conduct various attacks against the vulnerable system, including cache poisoning and cross-site scripting. (CVE-2022-34165)

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2022-34165
DESCRIPTION:   IBM WebSphere Application Server 7.0, 8.0, 8.5, and 9.0 and IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty 17.0.0.3 through 22.0.0.9 are vulnerable to HTTP header injection, caused by improper validation. This could allow an attacker to conduct various attacks against the vulnerable system, including cache poisoning and cross-site scripting. IBM X-Force ID: 229429.
CVSS Base score: 5.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/229429 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions


Affected Product(s)		Version(s)
 PowerVM Novalink2.0
 PowerVM Novalink2.0.1
 PowerVM Novalink2.0.2
 PowerVM Novalink2.0.2.1
 PowerVM Novalink2.0.3
 PowerVM Novalink2.0.3.1

 

 

Remediation/Fixes

IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability now by upgrading based on the table below.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

Complete CVSS v3 Guide
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Related Information

IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

Acknowledgement

Change History

23 Sep 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.

Disclaimer

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Document Location

Worldwide

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Document Information

Modified date:
07 December 2022

Initial Publish date:
23 September 2022

UID

ibm16823855

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