Security Bulletin: IBM Security SiteProtector System is impacted by a vulnerability in Apache Tomcat (CVE-2014-0227)

Summary

The IBM Security SiteProtector System uses Apache Tomcat, which is vulnerable to HTTP request smuggling.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2014-0227_ _

DESCRIPTION:
Apache Tomcat is vulnerable to HTTP request smuggling. A remote attacker could send a specially-crafted request in a malformed chunked header to the Web server to cause multiple processing conflicts on the servers. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to poison the web cache, bypass web application firewall protection, and conduct XSS attacks.

CVSS Base Score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/#/vulnerabilities/100751 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM Security SiteProtector System 3.0, 3.1.0 and 3.1.1

Remediation/Fixes

Apply the appropriate eXPress Updates (XPUs) as identified in the SiteProtector Console Agent view:

For SiteProtector 3.0:

SiteProtector Core Component: ServicePack3_0_0_7.xpu

For SiteProtector 3.1.0:

SiteProtector Core Component: ServicePack3_1_0_4.xpu

For SiteProtector 3.1.1:

SiteProtector Core Component: ServicePack3_1_1_2.xpu

Workarounds and Mitigations

None