Security Bulletin
Summary
Vulnerabilities in Eclipse Jetty was addressed by IBM InfoSphere Information Server.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2017-7658
DESCRIPTION: Eclipse Jetty is vulnerable to HTTP request smuggling, caused by a flaw when handling more than one Content-Length headers. By sending a specially-crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to poison the web cache, bypass web application firewall protection, and conduct XSS attacks.
CVSS Base Score: 6.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/145522 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N)
CVEID: CVE-2018-12536
DESCRIPTION: Eclipse Jetty could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information. An attacker could send a specially-crafted URL request to the java.nio.file.InvalidPathException function using an invalid parameter to cause an error message to be returned containing the full installation path. An attacker could use this information to launch further attacks against the affected system.
CVSS Base Score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/145523 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)
CVEID: CVE-2017-7656
DESCRIPTION: Eclipse Jetty is vulnerable to HTTP request smuggling, caused by a flaw in the HTTP/1.x Parser. By sending a specially-crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to poison the web cache, bypass web application firewall protection, and conduct XSS attacks.
CVSS Base Score: 6.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/145520 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N)
CVEID: CVE-2017-7657
DESCRIPTION: Eclipse Jetty is vulnerable to HTTP request smuggling, caused by improper handling of Chunked Transfer-Encoding chunk size. By sending a specially-crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to poison the web cache, bypass web application firewall protection, and conduct XSS attacks.
CVSS Base Score: 6.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/145521 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N)
Affected Products and Versions
The following products, running on all supported platforms, are affected:
IBM InfoSphere Information Server: versions 9.1, 11.3, 11.5, and 11.7
IBM InfoSphere Information Server on Cloud: versions 11.5 and 11.7
Remediation/Fixes
|
Product |
VRMF |
APAR |
Remediation/First Fix |
|
InfoSphere Information Server, Information Server on Cloud |
11.7 |
|
--Update to the latest Updater for 11.7 |
|
InfoSphere Information Server, Information Server on Cloud |
11.5 |
|
--Update to the latest Updater for 11.5 --For new installations, use the latest 11.7 release. |
|
InfoSphere Information Server |
11.3 |
|
--Update to the latest Updater for 11.3 |
|
InfoSphere Information Server |
9.1 |
|
--Upgrade to a new release |
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Acknowledgement
None
Change History
16 October 2018: 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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Document Information
Modified date:
16 October 2018
UID
ibm10732816