Security Bulletin
Summary
There is a potential information disclosure in Apache Commons HttpClient used by WebSphere Application Server.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2012-5783
DESCRIPTION: Apache Commons HttpClient, as used in Amazon Flexible Payments Service (FPS) merchant Java SDK and other products, could allow a remote attacker to conduct spoofing attacks, caused by the failure to verify that the server hostname matches a domain name in the subject's Common Name (CN) field of the X.509 certificate. By persuading a victim to visit a Web site containing a specially-crafted certificate, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability using man-in-the-middle techniques to spoof an SSL server.
CVSS Base Score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79984 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Affected Products and Versions
Tivoli Integrated Portal version 2.1.0 - 2.1.0.5
Tivoli Integrated Portal version 2.2.0.0 - 2.2.0.19
Remediation/Fixes
| Principal Product and Version(s) | Affected Supporting Product and Version | Affected Supporting Product Security Bulletin |
| Tivoli Integrated Portal version
2.1.0 - 2.1.0.5 2.2.0 - 2.2.0.19 |
embedded Websphere Application Server version 7.0.x |
Security Bulletin: Information disclosure in Apache Commons HttpClient used by WebSphere Application Server (CVE-2012-5783) |
The Websphere security bulletin above provides a link to the required iFix to remediate the vulnerability. However, the iFix requires either eWAS 7.0.0.31 or higher installed.
TIP does not support upgrading Websphere fixpack independently. TIP 2.2.0.15 or TIP 2.2.0.17 or TIP 2.2.0.19 must be applied which will upgrade eWAS to 7.0.0.31 and above. Once TIP FP has been applied, the Websphere iFix can be applied as described in the Websphere bulletin.
Workarounds and Mitigations
Please refer to WAS iFix as described above
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References
Change History
22-November-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.
Disclaimer
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Document Information
Modified date:
23 November 2018
UID
ibm10741779