Security Bulletin: IBM WebSphere Cast Iron Solution is affected by Apache Tomcat vulnerability CVE-2015-5174

Security Bulletin

Summary

There is a vulnerability CVE-2015-5174 reported in Apache Tomcat v6 that is used by WebSphere Cast Iron Solution. WebSphere Cast Iron has remediated the affected versions.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2015-5174
DESCRIPTION: Apache Tomcat could allow a remote attacker to traverse directories on the system. An attacker could send a specially-crafted URL request containing "dot dot" sequences (/../) in the getResource(), getResourceAsStream() and getResourcePaths() ServletContext methods to obtain a directory listing for the directory.
CVSS Base Score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/110860 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

This vulnerability affects all versions of the product
WebSphere Cast Iron v 7.5,x,
WebSphere Cast Iron v 7.0,0,x,
WebSphere Cast Iron v 6.4.0.x
WebSphere Cast Iron v 6.3.0.x
WebSphere Cast Iron v 6.1.0.x

Remediation/Fixes

Product	VRMF	APAR	Remediation/First Fix
Cast Iron Appliance	7.5.*	LI78991	iFix7.5.1.0-CUMUIFIX-001
Cast Iron Appliance	7..0*	LI78991	iFix7.0..0.2-CUMUIFIX-028
Cast Iron Appliance	6.4.0.x	LI78991	iFix6.4.0.1-CUMUIFIX-038
Cast Iron Appliance	6.3.0.x	LI78991	iFix6.3.0.2-CUMUIFIX-021
Cast Iron Appliance	6.1.0.x	LI78991	iFix6.1.0.15-CUMUIFIX-028

Workarounds and Mitigations

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References

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Change History

21 September 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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Security Bulletin: IBM WebSphere Cast Iron Solution is affected by Apache Tomcat vulnerability CVE-2015-5174