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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2014.2086
Security Bulletin: Security vulnerabilities in Apache Tomcat for WebSphere
Application Server Community Edition 2.1.1.6 and
3.0.0.4(CVE-2014-0075, CVE-2014-0096 and CVE-2014-0119)
7 November 2014
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: IBM WebSphere Application Server Community Edition
Publisher: IBM
Operating System: AIX
Linux variants
Solaris
Windows
Impact/Access: Access Privileged Data -- Remote/Unauthenticated
Denial of Service -- Remote/Unauthenticated
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names: CVE-2014-0119 CVE-2014-0096 CVE-2014-0075
Reference: ASB-2014.0121
ASB-2014.0077
ESB-2014.1798
ESB-2014.1758
ESB-2014.1610
Original Bulletin:
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21688095
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Security Bulletin: Security vulnerabilities in Apache Tomcat for WebSphere
Application Server Community Edition 2.1.1.6 and 3.0.0.4(CVE-2014-0075,
CVE-2014-0096 and CVE-2014-0119)
Document information
More support for:
WebSphere Application Server Community Edition
Software version:
2.1.1.6, 3.0.0.4
Operating system(s):
AIX, Linux, Solaris, Windows
Software edition:
Elite, Enhanced, Entry
Reference #:
1688095
Modified date:
2014-11-06
Security Bulletin
Summary
Security vulnerabilities exist in Apache Tomcat May 2014 X-Force Report that
is shipped with IBM WebSphere Application Server Community Edition 2.1.1.6 and
3.0.0.4
Vulnerability Details
CVE ID: 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:
CVSS Base Score: 5
CVSS Temporal Score: See http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/93365 for the
current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
CVE ID: 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:
CVSS Base Score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/93367 for the
current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
CVE ID: 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:
CVSS Base Score: 5
CVSS Temporal Score: See http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/93368 for the
current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Affected Products and Versions
WebSphere Application Server Community Edition 2.1.1.6
WebSphere Application Server Community Edition 3.0.0.4
Remediation/Fixes
Please follow the instruction below.
WASCE 2.1.1.6
1.Please download the patch file: patchFor2.1.1.6.zip[1]
2.Unzip the attached file into the WebSphere Application Server Community
Edition installation directory, and ensure the files listed in the zip file
replace the ones in the server installation directory.
3.Start WASCE 2.1.1.6 server.
WASCE 3.0.0.4
1.Please download the patch file: patchFor3.0.0.4.zip [2]
2.Unzip the attached file into the WebSphere Application Server Community
Edition installation directory, and ensure the files listed in the zip file
replace the ones in the server installation directory.
3.Start WASCE 3.0.0.4 server with the cache cleaned, for example,
Window
<WAS_CE_HOME>\bin\startup -c
Unix/Linux
<WAS_CE_HOME>/bin/startup.sh -c
References
Complete CVSS Guide
On-line Calculator V2
Related information
IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog
*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
According to the Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams (FIRST), the
Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) is an "industry open standard
designed to convey vulnerability severity and help to determine urgency and
priority of response." IBM PROVIDES THE CVSS SCORES "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY
OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS
FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. CUSTOMERS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ASSESSING THE IMPACT
OF ANY ACTUAL OR POTENTIAL SECURITY VULNERABILITY.
1. http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21688095&aid=1
2. http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21688095&aid=3
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