Security Bulletin: Security Bulletin: Real-time compression appliance (CVE-2013-5704 CVE-2015-3183)

Created by Nitzan Iron on Sun, 05/08/2016 - 03:55

Security Bulletin

Summary

Real time compression appliance affected by 2 Open Source issues for httpd

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2013-5704

DESCRIPTION: Apache HTTP Server could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by the improper handling of a specially-crafted chunked header. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to bypass the mod_headers filter and inject arbitrary headers into the system.CVSS Base Score: 5CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/92235 for the current scoreCVSS Environmental Score*: UndefinedCVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)

CVEID: CVE-2015-3183DESCRIPTION: Apache HTTP Server is vulnerable to HTTP request smuggling, caused by a chunk header parsing flaw in the apr_brigade_flatten() function. By sending a specially-crafted request in a malformed chunked header to the Apache HTTP server, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to poison the web cache, bypass web application firewall protection, and conduct XSS attacks.CVSS Base Score: 6.1CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/104844 for the current scoreCVSS Environmental Score*: UndefinedCVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

4.1.2

Remediation/Fixes

Version	Release	*Remediation/First Fix*
4.1.2	4.1.2.17	IBM_Real-time_Compression_4.1.2.17

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

Complete CVSS v2 Guide
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Complete CVSS v3 Guide
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Acknowledgement

None

Change History

11 May 2016: Original version published

*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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*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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Security Bulletin: Security Bulletin: Real-time compression appliance (CVE-2013-5704 CVE-2015-3183)