Security Bulletin
Summary
Multiple vulnerabilities in Open Source Apache Tomcat reported by The Apache Software Foundation affect IBM Tivoli Application Dependency Discovery Manager (TADDM)
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2021-24122
DESCRIPTION: Apache Tomcat could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by a flaw when serving resources from a network location using the NTFS file system. By sending a specially-crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to view the source code for JSPs in some configurations, and use this information to launch further attacks against the affected system.
CVSS Base score: 8.2
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/194894 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N)
Affected Products and Versions
| Affected Product(s) | Version(s) |
| IBM Tivoli Application Dependency Discovery Manager | 7.3.0.0 |
Remediation/Fixes
| Fix | VRMF | APAR | How to acquire fix |
| efix_tomcat70107_201411291020.zip | 7.3.0.0 | None | Download eFix |
Please get familiar with eFix readme in etc/<efix_name>_readme.txt
Note that the eFix requires manual deletion of the external/apache-tomcat directory.
Workarounds and Mitigations
The above eFix is applicable only to 7.3.0.0 and can be downloaded and applied directly.
Note: TADDM 7.3.0.1 - 7.3.0.8 are not affected as they use WebSphere Liberty Profile.
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References
Change History
26 Feb 2021: Initial Publication
*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 Location
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Document Information
Modified date:
02 March 2021
UID
ibm16420375