Security Bulletin
Summary
IBM Tivoli Application Dependency Discovery Manager is vulnerable to server-side request forgery. This vulnerability allows authenticated users can send specially crafted request (CVE-2023-51441).
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2023-51441
DESCRIPTION: Apache Axis is vulnerable to server-side request forgery, caused by a improper input validation by the service admin HTTP API. By sending a specially crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to conduct SSRF attack.
CWE: CWE-918: Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)
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:H/A:N)
Affected Products and Versions
| Affected Product(s) | Version(s) |
| IBM Tivoli Application Dependency Discovery Manager | 7.3.0.0 - 7.3.0.11 |
Remediation/Fixes
IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability now by applying the fix.
The e-fix to resolve this vulnerability can only be applied to TADDM version 7.3.0.10 or later versions as per below given detailed steps. For customer at older TADDM Fixpack level (i.e., 7.3.0.9 or older), they need to first upgrade their TADDM environment to TADDM 7.3.0.10 level and then follow the step given below.
Detailed steps:
For TADDM 7.3.0.10 & above, check if there is any previously applied e-Fixes in their TADDM environment.
- If there is no prior efixes(ls -rlt etc/efix*) applied in their TADDM, then download the efix given in Table-1 and apply the efix.
- If there are existing efixes on TADDM (ls -rlt etc/efix*), please contact IBM Support and open a case for a custom version of the eFix as the efix involves TADDM code changes. Include the current eFix level (ls -rlt etc/efix*), TADDM version and a link to this bulletin in the Support Case
For any other TADDM fixpack level (i.e., 7.3.0.9 or older), to apply this bulletin, upgrade to TADDM 7.3.0.10 & above, and then follow procedure as mentioned above for TADDM 7.3.0.10 & above.
Table-1
| Fix |
VRMF
| APAR | How to acquire fix |
| efix_RemoteCodeApacheAxis_FP10221123.zip |
7.3.0.10 -7.3.0.11
| None | Download efix |
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Acknowledgement
The vulnerability was reported to IBM by Tomasz Stachowicz
Change History
30 Jan 2025: 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 Information
Modified date:
10 June 2025
UID
ibm17181984