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Security Bulletin: Security vulnerability in Pivotal Spring Framework affects IBM Rational License Key Server Administration & Reporting Tool

Created by Pankaj Dwivedi on
Published URL:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/879027
879027

Security Bulletin


Summary

A Security vulnerability in Spring Framework, from Pivotal, used by IBM Rational License Key Server Administration & Reporting Tool has been published. Required remediation has been addressed by IBM Rational License Key Server Administration & Reporting Tool team.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2018-15756
DESCRIPTION: Pivotal Spring Framework is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by improper handling of range request by the ResourceHttpRequestHandler. By adding a range header with a high number of ranges, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service condition.
CVSS Base Score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/151641 for more information
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
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

  • IBM Rational License Key Server Administration & Reporting Tool version 8.1.5
  • IBM Rational License Key Server Administration & Reporting Tool version 8.1.5.1
  • IBM Rational License Key Server Administration & Reporting Tool version 8.1.5.2
  • IBM Rational License Key Server Administration & Reporting Tool version 8.1.5.3
  • IBM Rational License Key Server Administration & Reporting Tool version 8.1.5.4
  • IBM Rational License Key Server Administration & Reporting Tool version 8.1.5.5
  • IBM Rational License Key Server Administration & Reporting Tool version 8.1.5.6

Remediation/Fixes

Upgrade to the IBM Rational License Key Server Administration & Reporting Tool version 8.1.6 (or later). It can be downloaded here.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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Related Information

IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

Change History

24 April 2019 : 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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Internal Use Only

Advisory ID : 14950; Product Record : 129580

Document Location

Worldwide

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Document Information

Modified date:
24 April 2019

UID

ibm10879027

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