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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2016.1298
Security Bulletin: Security vulnerabilities have been identified in the
versions of IBM WebSphere Application Server Community Edition bundled with
WebSphere Dashboard Framework 7.0.1 (CVE-2015-5345)
(CVE-2016-0706) (CVE-2016-0714)
24 May 2016
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: IBM WebSphere Dashboard Framework
Publisher: IBM
Operating System: Linux variants
Windows
Impact/Access: Execute Arbitrary Code/Commands -- Remote/Unauthenticated
Access Confidential Data -- Remote/Unauthenticated
Reduced Security -- Remote/Unauthenticated
Resolution: Alternate Program
CVE Names: CVE-2016-0714 CVE-2016-0706 CVE-2015-5345
Reference: ESB-2016.1272
ESB-2016.1261
ESB-2016.1241
ESB-2016.0972
ESB-2016.0850
ESB-2016.0793
ESB-2016.0776
Original Bulletin:
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21983722
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Security Bulletin: Security vulnerabilities have been identified in the
versions of IBM WebSphere Application Server Community Edition bundled with
WebSphere Dashboard Framework 7.0.1 (CVE-2015-5345) (CVE-2016-0706)
(CVE-2016-0714)
Document information
More support for:
WebSphere Dashboard Framework
Software version:
7.0.1
Operating system(s):
Linux, Windows
Software edition:
All Editions
Reference #:
1983722
Modified date:
2016-05-23
Security Bulletin
Summary
IBM WebSphere Application Server Community Edition is bundled as an optional
component of WebSphere Dashboard Framework. Information about security
vulnerabilities affecting this component have been published.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2015-5345
DESCRIPTION: Apache Tomcat could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive
information, caused by an error when accessing a protected directory. By
redirecting to the URL, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to
determine the presence of a directory.
CVSS Base Score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/110857 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)
CVEID: CVE-2016-0706
DESCRIPTION: Apache Tomcat could allow a remote attacker to bypass security
restrictions, caused by the loading of the StatusManagerServlet during the
configuration of a security manager. An attacker could exploit this
vulnerability to obtain deployed applications and other sensitive information.
CVSS Base Score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/110855 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)
CVEID: CVE-2016-0714
DESCRIPTION: Apache Tomcat could allow a remote attacker to bypass security
restrictions, caused by an error in multiple session persistence mechanisms.
By placing a malicious object into a session, an attacker could exploit this
vulnerability to bypass a security manager and possibly execute arbitrary code
on the system.
CVSS Base Score: 7.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/110856 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:L/A:L)
Affected Products and Versions
WebSphere Dashboard Framework 7.0.1
Remediation/Fixes
No fixes are available for the version of IBM WebSphere Application Server
Community Edition bundled with Web Experience Factory. IBM strongly advises
that customers apply one of the workarounds described below.
Workarounds and Mitigations
IBM WebSphere Application Server Community Edition (WASCE) is an optional
component of WebSphere Dashboard Framework. When installed, WASCE is only used
as a development and test server. To mitigate the vulnerabilities in WASCE,
IBM recommends using WebSphere Application Server or WebSphere Portal in place
of WASCE.
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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
*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.
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OF ANY ACTUAL OR POTENTIAL SECURITY VULNERABILITY.
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