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Security Bulletin:HTTP response splitting attack in FastBack for Workstations Central Administration Console (CVE-2015-2017)

Created by Erik Wilkinson on
Published URL:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/273621
273621

Security Bulletin


Summary

There is a vulnerability in FastBack for Workstations Central Administration Console in the underlying IBM WebSphere Application Server that could allow an HTTP response splitting attack in Channel.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2015-2017
DESCRIPTION:
IBM WebSphere Application Server is vulnerable to HTTP response splitting attacks. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using specially-crafted URL to cause the server to return a split response, once the URL is clicked. This would allow the attacker to perform further attacks, such as Web cache poisoning, cross-site scripting, and possibly obtain sensitive information.
CVSS Base Score: 5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/103991 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

FastBack for Workstations Central Administration Console v7.1 and v6.3

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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Change History

8 December 2015: Original version published
16 February 2016: Added 6.3.1.1 info

*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:
17 June 2018

UID

swg21972247