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Security Bulletin:Sterling Web Channel is affected by Apache Struts 2 security vulnerabilities (CVE-2013-4310, CVE-2013-4316, CVE-2013-2251, CVE-2013-2248, CVE-2013-2135, CVE-2013-2134, CVE-2013-2115, CVE-2013-1966, CVE-2013-1965)

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Summary

IBM Sterling Web Channel use Apache Struts 2 and is affected by some of the vulnerabilities that exist in Apache Struts 2.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2013-4310

Description:
Apache Struts could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by an error in the action: parameter prefix. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to gain unauthorized access to the system.

CVSS Base Score: 5.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/87336 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N)

CVEID: CVE-2013-4316

Description:
An unspecified error in Apache Struts related to the default enabling of Dynamic Method Invocation (DMI) could lead to remote code execution.

CVSS Base Score: 10
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/87373 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

CVEID: CVE-2013-2251

Description:
Apache Struts could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the system, caused by an error when evaluating the action:, redirect:, and redirectAction: parameters as OGNL (Object-Graph Navigation Language) expressions. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability using a specially-crafted request parameter containing an OGNL expression to inject and execute arbitrary commands on the system.

CVSS Base Score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/85756 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)



CVEID: CVE-2013-2248

Description:
Apache Struts could allow a remote attacker to conduct phishing attacks, caused by an open redirect vulnerability in the DefaultActionMapper class. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability using the redirect: and redirectAction:: parameters in a specially-crafted URL to redirect a victim to arbitrary Web sites.

CVSS Base Score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/85755 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)



CVEID: CVE-2013-2135

Description:
Apache Struts could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by double evaluation error when evaluating parameters as OGNL (Object-Graph Navigation Language) expressions. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability using a specially-crafted request parameter containing an OGNL expression to modify server-side objects and inject and execute arbitrary commands on the system.

CVSS Base Score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/84763 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)



CVEID: CVE-2013-2134

Description:
Apache Struts could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by double evaluation error when evaluating parameters as OGNL (Object-Graph Navigation Language) expressions. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability using a specially-crafted request parameter containing an OGNL expression to modify server-side objects and inject and execute arbitrary commands on the system.

CVSS Base Score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/84762 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVEID: CVE-2013-2115

Description:
Apache Struts could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by an incomplete fix for an error related to the handling of the includeParams attribute. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability using a specially-crafted request parameter containing an OGNL expression to modify server-side objects and inject and execute arbitrary commands on the system.


CVSS Base Score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/84543 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVEID: CVE-2013-1966

Description:
Apache Struts could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restriction, caused by the improper handling of the includeParams attribute. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability using a specially-crafted request parameter containing an OGNL expression to inject OGNL code on the system.


CVSS Base Score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/84542 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)



CVEID: CVE-2013-1965

Description:
Apache Struts could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by an error in the Apache Struts Showcase App. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability using a specially-crafted request parameter containing an OGNL expression to inject and execute arbitrary code on the system.

CVSS Base Score: 6.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/85573 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

Affected Products and Versions

Sterling Web Channel 9.0
Sterling Web Channel 9.1

Remediation/Fixes

The recommended solution is to apply two fix packs sequentially, the security fix pack (SFP) and then followed by the fix pack (FP) as soon as practical. Please see below for information about the available fixes.


ProductSecurity Fix Pack*Fix Pack*How to acquire fix
Sterling Web Channel9.0.0-SFP19.0.0-FP5http://www-933.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/options

Select appropriate VRMF
Sterling Web Channel9.1.0- SFP19.1.0-FP2http://www-933.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/options

Select appropriate VRMF

Workarounds and Mitigations

NONE

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References

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Change History

28/05/2014 : 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

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Document Information

Modified date:
16 June 2018

UID

swg21674455