IBM Support

Security Bulletin: A vulnerability in Open Source Apache Tomcat affect the IBM FlashSystem V840, (CVE-2014-0230)

Security Bulletin


Summary

There is a vulnerability in Open Source Apache Tomcat that is used by the IBM FlashSystem V840 which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service under certain scenarios.

Vulnerability Details

CVE-ID: CVE-2014-0230
DESCRIPTION: Apache Tomcat is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by missing limitations on request body size. By sending a specially crafted request to the server, an attacker could keep a connection open and force Tomcat to keep a processing thread allocated to the connection.
CVSS Base Score: 5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/102131 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

Affected Products and Versions

FlashSystem V840 including machine type and models (MTMs) for all available code levels. MTMs affected include 9846-AE1, 9848-AE1, 9846-AC0, 9848-AC0, 9846-AC1, and 9848-AC1.

Remediation/Fixes

You should verify that applying this fix does not cause any compatibility issues.


ProductVRMFAPARRemediation/First Fix
Storage enclosures: 9846-AE1 & 9848-AE1

Control enclosures: 9846-AC0,
9846-AC1,
9848-AC0,
9848-AC1
A code fix is now available, the VRMF of this code level is 1.1.3.8 (or later) for the storage enclosure nodes and 7.5.0.2 for the control nodes. N/ANo workarounds or mitigations, other than applying this code fix, are known for this vulnerability

1.1.3.8 is available @ IBM’s Fix Central : V840 fixes, download 1.1.3.8 or later
7.5.0.2 is available @ IBM’s Fix Central : V840 fixes, download SVC 7.5.0.2 or later

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

Get Notified about Future Security Bulletins

References

Off

Acknowledgement

None

Change History

31 July 2015 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

Review the IBM security bulletin disclaimer and definitions regarding your responsibilities for assessing potential impact of security vulnerabilities to your environment.

[{"Product":{"code":"ST2HTZ","label":"IBM FlashSystem Software"},"Business Unit":{"code":"BU058","label":"IBM Infrastructure w\/TPS"},"Component":"--","Platform":[{"code":"PF025","label":"Platform Independent"}],"Version":"Version Independent","Edition":"","Line of Business":{"code":"","label":""}}]

Document Information

Modified date:
22 June 2018

UID

ssg1S1005321