Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in httpd (CVE-2018-17199 and CVE-2018-1301).

Summary

The Apache HTTP Server, httpd is used by Power Hardware Management Console (HMC). HMC has addressed the applicable CVEs.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2018-1301
**DESCRIPTION:**Apache HTTPD is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an out-of-bounds access error after a header size limit has been reached reading the HTTP header. By sending a specially crafted HTTP request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the service to crash.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/140852 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)

CVEID:CVE-2018-17199
**DESCRIPTION:**Apache HTTP Server could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by checking the session expiry time before decoding the session by mod_session. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to ignore session expiry time and gain access to the application.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/156006 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

Remediation/Fixes

The following fixes are available on IBM Fix Central at: <http://www-933.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/&gt;

Product

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VRMF

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APAR

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Remediation/Fix

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Power HMC

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V9.1.941.1ppc

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MB04255

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MH01863

Power HMC

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V9.1.941.1 x86_64

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MB04254

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MH01862

Workarounds and Mitigations

None