There is a vulnerability in Open Source Apache Tomcat that is used by the IBM FlashSystem 900 which allows remote attackers to conduct HTTP request smuggling attacks or cause a denial of service under error scenarios.
CVE-ID: 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: http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/100751 for more information
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
IBM FlashSystem 900 including machine type and models (MTMs) for all available code levels. MTMs affected include 9840-AE2 and 9843-AE2.
Product
| VRMF| APAR| Remediation/First Fix
—|—|—|—
FlashSystem
**900 MTMs: **
9840-AE2 &
9843-AE2| A code fix is now available, the VRMF of this code level is 1.2.1.7 (or later)| N/A
| No work arounds or mitigations, other than applying this code fix, are known for this vulnerability
1.2.1.7 is available @ IBM’s Fix Central**:**900 fixes, download 1.2.1.7 or later
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