Security Bulletin
Summary
Apache Tomcat denial of service vulnerability
Vulnerability Details
This bulletin relates to vulnerabilities in the Apache Tomcat component which is used to provide the product’s management GUI. The CLI interface is unaffected.
CVEID: CVE-2014-0230
DESCRIPTION: Apache Tomcat is vulnerable to a denial of service. By sending a specially crafted request to the server, an attacker could keep a connection open and force Tomcat to keep a processing thread allocated to the connection. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base Score: 5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/102131 for more information
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Affected Products and Versions
IBM SONAS
The product is affected when running a code releases 1.3.0.0 to 1.5.2.0
Remediation/Fixes
A fix for these issues is in version 1.5.2.1 of IBM SONAS. Customers running an affected version of SONAS should upgrade to 1.5.2.1 or a later version, so that the fix gets applied.
Please contact IBM support for assistance in upgrading your system.
Workarounds and Mitigations
Workaround(s): None
Mitigation(s): Ensure that all users who have access to the system are authenticated by another security system such as a firewall.
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References
Change History
19 May 2015: First draft
*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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Internal Use Only
CQ S1059119 [PSIRT 3084] IBM product record 54743 for SONAS and 54755 for IFS - Open Source Apache Tomcat vulnerability - Reported in 04/09/2015 X-Force Report
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Document Information
Modified date:
17 June 2018
UID
ssg1S1005259