Security Bulletin: Vulnerabilities in Apache Tomcat affects the IBM FlashSystem models 840 and 900

Summary

There are vulnerabilities in Apache Tomcat to which the IBM® FlashSystem™ 840 and FlashSystem™ 900 are susceptible. An exploit of this vulnerability (CVE-2017-5647) could make the system susceptible to an attack which could allow an attacker to obtain sensitive information.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2017-5647 DESCRIPTION: Apache Tomcat could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by an error in the processing of pipelined requests in send file. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain sensitive information from the wrong response.
CVSS Base Score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/124400 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S

Affected Products and Versions

FlashSystem 840 machine type and models (MTMs) affected include 9840-AE1 and 9843-AE1.

FlashSystem 900 MTMs affected include 9840-AE2 and 9843-AE2.

Supported code versions which are affected
· VRMFs prior to 1.3.0.9
· VRMFs prior to 1.4.7.0

Remediation/Fixes

MTMs

| VRMF| APAR| Remediation/First Fix
—|—|—|—
FlashSystem****840 MTM:
9840-AE1 &
9843-AE1

FlashSystem 900 MTMs:
9840-AE2 &
9843-AE2| _Code fixes are now available, the minimum VRMF containing the fix depends on the code stream:

___ Fixed Code VRMF __
_1.4 stream: 1.4.7.0 _
1.3 stream: 1.3.0.9| _ N/A| FlashSystem 840 fixes****and FlashSystem 900 fixes****are available @ IBM’s Fix Central _

Workarounds and Mitigations

None