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Security Bulletin: Multiple Security Vulnerabilities in Apache Tomcat affect IBM RLKS Administration and Reporting Tool

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Summary

Apache Tomcat is shipped as a component of RLKS Administration and Reporting Tool (RLKS ART) . Information about multiple security vulnerabilities affecting Apache Tomcat, version 7.0.52, have been published in this security bulletin.

Vulnerability Details

CVE ID: CVE-2014-7810
Description: Apache Tomcat could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by the use of expression language. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to bypass the protections of a Security Manager.
CVSS Base Score:5.0
CVSS Temporal Score:
See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/103155 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score:
*Undefined
CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N


CVEID: CVE-2013-4444
Description: Apache Tomcat could allow a remote attacker to upload arbitrary files, caused by the improper validation of file extensions by the File Upload feature. By sending a specially crafted HTTP request, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to upload a malicious JSP, which could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary JSP code on the vulnerable system.
CVSS Base Score: 6.0
CVSS Temporal Score: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/95876 for more information
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P)


CVEID: CVE-2014-0075
Description: Apache Tomcat is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by the improper handling of a malformed chunk size as part of a chunked request. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base Score: 5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/93365 for more information
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)


CVEID: CVE-2014-0095
Description: Apache Tomcat is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by the improper handling of an AJP request. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to consume a request processing thread and cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base Score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/93366 for more information
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)


CVEID: CVE-2014-0096
Description: Apache Tomcat could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by an XML External Entity Injection (XXE) error when processing XML data by the default server. By sending specially crafted XML data, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain sensitive information.
CVSS Base Score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/93367 for more information
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)


CVEID: CVE-2014-0099
Description: Apache Tomcat could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by the failure to check for overflows when parsing content length headers. By sending specially crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain sensitive information.
CVSS Base Score: 5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/93369 for more information
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)


CVEID: CVE-2014-0119
Description: Apache Tomcat could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by the replacement of the XML parsers used to process XSLTs for the default servlet. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability using a specially crafted application to obtain sensitive information.
CVSS Base Score: 5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/93368 for more information
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)


CVEID: CVE-2014-0227
Description: Apache Tomcat is vulnerable to HTTP request smuggling. A remote attacker could send a specially crafted request in a malformed chunked header to the Web server to cause multiple processing conflicts on the servers. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to poison the web cache, bypass web application firewall protection, and conduct XSS attacks.
CVSS Base Score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/100751 for more information
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)


CVEID: CVE-2014-0230
Description: Apache Tomcat is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an error when uploading files. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to consume all available memory resources.
CVSS Base Score: 5.0
CVSS Temporal Score: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/#/vulnerabilities/102131 for current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)


CVEID: CVE-2015-5345
Description: Apache Tomcat could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by an error when accessing a protected directory. By redirecting to the URL, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to determine the presence of a directory.
CVSS Base Score: 5.300
CVSS Temporal Score: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/110857 for more information
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)


CVEID: CVE-2015-5346
Description: Apache Tomcat could allow a remote attacker to hijack a valid user's session, caused by the failure to recycle the requestedSessionSSL field when recycling the Request object to use for a new request. By persuading a victim to visit a specially-crafted link and log into the application, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to hijack another user's account and possibly launch further attacks on the system.
CVSS Base Score: 4.300
CVSS Temporal Score: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/110854 for more information
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)


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: 5.300
CVSS Temporal Score: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/110860 for more information
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

These vulnerabilities affect all versions of IBM RLKS Administration and Reporting Tool.

Remediation/Fixes

Remediation

Follow the instructions in How to manually update Apache Tomcat? to upgrade to Apache Tomcat, version 7.0.68, where these vulnerabilities have been fixed.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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*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.

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Document Information

Modified date:
17 June 2018

UID

swg21976103