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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2012.1028
WebServer HTTP TRACE or TRACK Methods Information Disclosure Vulnerability
26 October 2012
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: IBM Tivoli Monitoring
Publisher: IBM
Operating System: Windows
Linux variants
HP-UX
Solaris
AIX
Impact/Access: Access Confidential Data -- Remote/Unauthenticated
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
Original Bulletin:
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21614003
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WebServer HTTP TRACE or TRACK Methods Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Technote (FAQ)
Question
How to resolve the vulnerability on the ITM web server?
Cause
There are 2 security exposures:
- - in the internal HTTP server
- - in the external IHS web server
The first one has been identified as an ITM product defect.
The second one has been identified as a vulnerability to fix and ITM team is
working with IHS provider to find a permanent solution.
Answer
The internal HTTP server exposure is addressed by APAR IV23864 which will be
included in ITM 6.2.3 FP3.
The external IHS vulnerability is being addressed together with the IHS
provider and so far we have a workaround available which is modifying the
httpd.conf file.
Work-around steps:
1) Locate the httpd.conf file.
On Windows %candle_home%\IHS\conf\httpd.conf
C:\IBM\ITM\IHS\conf\httpd.conf
On Unix $CANDLEHOME/<PLAT>/iu/ihs/conf/httpd.conf
/opt/IBM/ITM/*/iu/ihs/conf/httpd.conf
2) Make a backup of httpd.conf to httpd.conf.save
3) Modify httpd.conf
a) Locate the line that starts with the word "ServerRoot"
b) Insert the following lines after the located line:
# disable TRACE in the main scope of httpd.conf
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_METHOD} ^TRACE
RewriteRule .* - [F]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_METHOD} ^TRACK
RewriteRule .* - [F]
TraceEnable off
c) Locate the following line:
#LoadModule rewrite_module modules/mod_rewrite.so
d) Uncomment the line so that it looks like:
LoadModule rewrite_module modules/mod_rewrite.so
e) Locate the section:
<VirtualHost *:15201>
f) Within the section, locate the line that starts "TransferLog"
g) Insert the following lines after the located line:
# disable TRACE and TRACK in the virtual host
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_METHOD} ^TRACE
RewriteRule .* - [F]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_METHOD} ^TRACK
RewriteRule .* - [F]
h) Save httpd.conf
4) Restart the HTTP server. You can do this by recycling the Tivoli
Enterprise Portal Server.
5) Run the security scan and verify that the vulnerabilities are fixed.
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