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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 =========================================================================== AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution ESB-2016.1193 Vulnerability in Apache Tomcat may affect IBM WebSphere Application Server Community Edition (CVE-2015-5174) 13 May 2016 =========================================================================== AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary --------------------------------- Product: IBM WebSphere Application Server Community Edition Publisher: IBM Operating System: AIX Linux variants Solaris Windows Impact/Access: Access Confidential Data -- Remote/Unauthenticated Resolution: Patch/Upgrade CVE Names: CVE-2015-5174 Reference: ESB-2016.0972 ESB-2016.0850 ESB-2016.0793 ESB-2016.0776 Original Bulletin: http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21983128 - --------------------------BEGIN INCLUDED TEXT-------------------- Vulnerability in Apache Tomcat may affect IBM WebSphere Application Server Community Edition (CVE-2015-5174) 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 #: 1983128 Modified date: 2016-05-12 Security Bulletin Summary Apache Tomcat which is shipped with WebSphere Application Server Community Edition (WASCE) 3.0.0.4 is vulnerable to a remote attacker to traverse directories on the system. Vulnerability Details 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: 5.3 CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/110860 for the current score 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 WebSphere Application Server Community Edition 3.0.0.4 Remediation/Fixes Please follow the instruction below. 1.Please download the patch file.CVE-2015-5174_patch.zip CVE-2015-5174_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 merged into 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 Get Notified about Future Security Bulletins Subscribe to My Notifications to be notified of important product support alerts like this. References Complete CVSS v3 Guide On-line Calculator v3 Related information IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog Change History 10th May 2016: 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. 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