Security Bulletin: IBM Resilient SOAR is Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities - Apache Tomcat 7.099 (CVE-2020-13935)

Summary

Apache Tomcat 7.099 is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by improper validation of the payload length in a WebSocket frame. By sending multiple requests with invalid payload lengths, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the application to enter into an infinite loop.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2020-13935
**DESCRIPTION:**Apache Tomcat is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by improper validation of the payload length in a WebSocket frame. By sending multiple requests with invalid payload lengths, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the application to enter into an infinite loop.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/185227 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

Users must upgrade to v38.0 of IBM Resilient in order to obtain a fix for this vulnerability.

You can upgrade the platform by following the instructions in the “Upgrade Procedure” section in the IBM Knowledge Center.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None