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Security Bulletin
Summary
Integration server HTTP listener exposes stack trace in WebSphere Message Broker and IBM Integration Bus
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2016-2961
DESCRIPTION: IBM Integration Bus uses the Apache Tomcat server for serving HTTP requests for the HTTPInput and SOAPInput nodes. A vulnerability exists where an unauthenticated, remote attacker can send a malformed HTTP POST request to the integration server HTTP listener. The attacker could use the information in the Java stack trace to identify the version of Apache Tomcat in use.
CVSS Base Score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/113806 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)
Affected Products and Versions
IBM Integration Bus V10.0, V9.0
WebSphere Message Broker V8.0
Remediation/Fixes
Product | VRMF | APAR | Remediation/Fix |
IBM Integration Bus | V10 | IT15188 | The APAR is available in fix pack 10.0.0.5 |
IBM Integration Bus | V9 | IT15188 | An interim fix is available from IBM Fix Central for all platforms http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=ibm~WebSphere&product=ibm/WebSphere/Integration+Bus&release=All&platform=All&function=aparId&apars=IT15188 The APAR is targeted to be available in fix pack 9.0.0.6 |
WebSphere Message Broker | V8 | IT15188 | An interim fix is available from IBM Fix Central for all platforms http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=ibm~WebSphere&product=ibm/WebSphere/WebSphere+Message+Broker&release=All&platform=All&function=aparId&apars=IT15188 The APAR is targeted to be available in fix pack 8.0.0.8 |
For unsupported versions of the product, IBM recommends upgrading to a fixed, supported version/release/platform of the product.
The planned maintenance release dates for WebSphere Message Broker and IBM Integration Bus are available at :
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27006308
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References
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Change History
21-Jun-2016 - 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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Product Synonym
WMB IIB
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Document Information
More support for:
IBM Integration Bus
Software version:
10.0, 9.0
Operating system(s):
AIX, HP-UX, Linux, Solaris, Windows
Document number:
281757
Modified date:
23 March 2020
UID
swg21985017