Security Bulletin: Multiple security vulnerabilities have been identified in Jazz Team Server shipped with Jazz Reporting Service (CVE-2016-6816,CVE-2016-8735)

Security Bulletin

Summary

Jazz Team Server is shipped as a component of Jazz Reporting Service (JRS). Information about multiple security vulnerabilities affecting Jazz Team Server and Jazz-based products has been published in a security bulletin.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2016-6816
DESCRIPTION: Apache Tomcat is vulnerable to HTTP response splitting attacks, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to inject arbitrary HTTP headers and 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 or cross-site scripting, and possibly obtain sensitive information.
CVSS Base Score: 6.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/119158 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N)

CVEID: CVE-2016-8735
DESCRIPTION: Apache Tomcat could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by an error in the JmxRemoteLifecycleListener. By sending specially crafted data to a JMX port, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system with elevated privileges.
CVSS Base Score: 7.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/119157 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:L/A:L)

Affected Products and Versions

Principal Product and Version(s)	Affected Supporting Product(s) and Version(s)
JRS 5.0, 5.0.1, 5.0.2	Jazz Foundation 5.0, 5.0.1, 5.0.2
JRS 6.0, 6.0.1, 6.0.2, 6.0.3	Jazz Foundation 6.0, 6.0.1, 6.0.2, 6.0.3

* Both JRS and Jazz Foundation are part of Rational Collaborative Lifecycle Management.

Remediation/Fixes

Consult the security bulletin Security Bulletin: Security vulnerabilities in Apache Tomcat affects multiple IBM Rational products based on IBM's Jazz technology for vulnerability details and information about fixes.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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Change History

7 February 2017: 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.

Disclaimer

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Internal Use Only

PSIRT # 7253 Record # 87814

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Security Bulletin: Multiple security vulnerabilities have been identified in Jazz Team Server shipped with Jazz Reporting Service (CVE-2016-6816,CVE-2016-8735)