Security Bulletin
Summary
Potential spoofing and denial of service vulnerabilities in IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty affect IBM Spectrum Protect (formerly Tivoli Storage Manager) Backup-Archive Client web user interface and IBM Spectrum Protect (formerly Tivoli Storage Manager) for Virtual Environments.
Vulnerability Details
DESCRIPTION: IBM WebSphere Application Server could allow a remote attacker to spoof connection information which could be used to launch further attacks against the system.
CVSS Base Score: 3.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/152531 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)
DESCRIPTION: IBM WebSphere Application Server is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by improper handling of request headers. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the consumption of Memory.
CVSS Base Score: 5.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/156242 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
Affected Products and Versions
- IBM Spectrum Protect (formerly Tivoli Storage Manager) Client web user interface versions:
- 8.1.7 and 8.1.7.1
- IBM Spectrum Protect (formerly Tivoli Storage Manager) for Virtual Environments: Data Protection for VMware versions:
- 8.1.0.0 through 8.1.7.0
- 7.1.0.0 through 7.1.8.5
- IBM Spectrum Protect (formerly Tivoli Storage Manager) for Virtual Environments: Data Protection for Hyper-V versions:
- 8.1.4.0 through 8.1.7.0
Remediation/Fixes
Backup-Archive Client web user interface Release | First Fixing VRM Level |
Platform | Link to Fix |
8.1 | 8.1.8 | Linux Windows |
Data Protection for VMware Release |
First Fixing VRM Level |
Platform | Link to Fix |
8.1 | 8.1.8 | Linux Windows |
|
7.1 | 7.1.8.6 | Linux Windows |
https://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg24044553 |
Data Protection for Hyper-V Release |
First Fixing VRM Level
|
Platform
|
Link to Fix |
8.1 | 8.1.8 | Windows |
Workarounds and Mitigations
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References
Change History
18 July 2019 - 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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Document Location
Worldwide
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Document Information
Modified date:
24 July 2019
UID
ibm10884082