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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2015.1415
Vulnerability in Apache Tomcat may affect IBM WebSphere
Application Server Community Edition (CVE-2014-0227)
29 May 2015
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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: Provide Misleading Information -- Remote/Unauthenticated
Unauthorised Access -- Remote/Unauthenticated
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names: CVE-2014-0227
Reference: ESB-2015.0311
Original Bulletin:
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21957815
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Vulnerability in Apache Tomcat may affect IBM WebSphere Application Server
Community Edition (CVE-2014-0227)
Security Bulletin
Document information
More support for:
WebSphere Application Server Community Edition
Tomcat
Software version:
3.0.0.4
Operating system(s):
AIX, Linux, Solaris, Windows
Software edition:
Elite, Enhanced, Entry
Reference #:
1957815
Modified date:
2015-05-28
Summary
Apache Tomcat which is shipped with WebSphere Application Server Community
Edition (WASCE) 3.0.0.4 is vulnerable to HTTP request smuggling
Vulnerability Details
CVE-ID: 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: 4.300
CVSS Temporal Score: http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/100751 for more
information
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Affected Products and Versions
WebSphere Application Server Community Edition 3.0.0.4
Remediation/Fixes
Please follow the instruction below.
1.Please download the patch
file.CVE-2014-0227_patch.zipCVE-2014-0227_patch.zip
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
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References
Complete CVSS Guide
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Related information
IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog
Change History
28th May 2015: original document 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.
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.
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