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             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

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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 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

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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

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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. CUSTOMERS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ASSESSING THE IMPACT 
OF ANY ACTUAL OR POTENTIAL SECURITY VULNERABILITY.

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