Security Bulletin
Summary
IBM Watson Discovery for IBM Cloud Pak for Data contains a vulnerable version of tomcat-embed-core
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2024-52316
DESCRIPTION: Apache Tomcat could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by a flaw when using a custom Jakarta Authentication ServerAuthContext component. By sending a specially crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to bypass the authentication process.
CWE: CWE-391: Unchecked Error Condition
CVSS Source: IBM X-Force
CVSS Base score: 5.9
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N)
CVEID: CVE-2024-38286
DESCRIPTION: Apache Tomcat is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by the improper handling of the TLS handshake process under certain configurations. By sending specially crafted requests, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause an OutOfMemoryError resulting in a denial of service.
CWE: CWE-770: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
CVSS Source: IBM X-Force
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
CVEID: CVE-2024-52317
DESCRIPTION: Apache Tomcat could provide weaker than expected security, caused by an incorrect recycling of the request and response used by HTTP/2 requests. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to launch further attacks on the system.
CWE: CWE-326: Inadequate Encryption Strength
CVSS Source: IBM X-Force
CVSS Base score: 6.5
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N)
CVEID: CVE-2024-34750
DESCRIPTION: Apache Tomcat is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a flaw when processing an HTTP/2 stream. By sending specially crafted HTTP headers, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service condition.
CWE: CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
CVSS Source: IBM X-Force
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
CVEID: CVE-2024-24549
DESCRIPTION: Apache Tomcat is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by improper input validation by the HTTP/2 header. By sending specially crafted HTTP/2 requests, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service condition.
CWE: CWE-20: Improper Input Validation
CVSS Source: IBM X-Force
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
Affected Products and Versions
| Affected Product(s) | Version(s) |
| ICP - Discovery | 4.0.0 - 4.8.7 |
| ICP - Discovery | 5.0.0 - 5.0.3 |
Remediation/Fixes
Upgrade to IBM Watson Discovery 4.8.8 or 5.1.0 and https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/discovery-data?topic=discovery-data-install
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Acknowledgement
Change History
24 Jan 2025: Initial Publication
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Modified date:
24 January 2025
UID
ibm17181615