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Security Bulletin: IBM Integration Bus for z/OS is vulnerable to Incomplete Cleanup and Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output due to Apache Tomcat (CVE-2025-31650 & CVE-2025-31651)

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Summary

IBM Integration Bus for z/OS is vulnerable to Incomplete Cleanup and Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output due to Apache Tomcat.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2025-31650
DESCRIPTION:   Improper Input Validation vulnerability in Apache Tomcat. Incorrect error handling for some invalid HTTP priority headers resulted in incomplete clean-up of the failed request which created a memory leak. A large number of such requests could trigger an OutOfMemoryException resulting in a denial of service. This issue affects Apache Tomcat: from 9.0.76 through 9.0.102, from 10.1.10 through 10.1.39, from 11.0.0-M2 through 11.0.5. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 9.0.104, 10.1.40 or 11.0.6 which fix the issue.
CWE:   CWE-459: Incomplete Cleanup
CVSS Source:   NVD
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-2025-31651
DESCRIPTION:   Improper Neutralization of Escape, Meta, or Control Sequences vulnerability in Apache Tomcat. For a subset of unlikely rewrite rule configurations, it was possible for a specially crafted request to bypass some rewrite rules. If those rewrite rules effectively enforced security constraints, those constraints could be bypassed. This issue affects Apache Tomcat: from 11.0.0-M1 through 11.0.5, from 10.1.0-M1 through 10.1.39, from 9.0.0.M1 through 9.0.102. Users are recommended to upgrade to version [FIXED_VERSION], which fixes the issue.
CWE:   CWE-116: Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output
CVSS Source:   NVD
CVSS Base score:   9.8
CVSS Vector:   (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)Version(s)
IBM Integration Bus10.1.0.0 - 10.1.0.5 

Remediation/Fixes

IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability/vulnerabilities now by applying the appropriate fix to IBM Integration Bus for z/OS

Affected Product(s)Version(s)APARRemediation / Fixes
IBM Integration Bus for z/OS10.1.0.0 - 10.1.0.5PH66521

Interim Fix for APAR (PH66521) is available to apply to 10.1.0.5 from 

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Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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Acknowledgement

Change History

21 May 2025: Initial Publication

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Document Location

Worldwide

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Document Information

Modified date:
21 May 2025

UID

ibm17234040