Security Bulletin: Vulnerabilities in Struts affect IBM Systems Director (ISD) Server (CVE-2016-1181, CVE-2016-1182)

Summary

Struts vulnerabilities affect ISD Server. ISD Server has addressed the applicable CVEs.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2016-1181**
DESCRIPTION:** Apache Struts could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by the failure to protect against unintended remote operations against components on server memory by the ActionForm instance. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS Base Score: 8.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/113852 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

CVEID: CVE-2016-1182**
DESCRIPTION:** Apache Struts could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by the improper validation of input by the Validator. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to modify validation rules and error messages.
CVSS Base Score: 4.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/113853 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L)

Affected Products and Versions

From the IBM System Director command line enter smcli lsver to determine the level of IBM System Director installed.

IBM Systems Director:

• 6.1.0.0
• 6.1.0.1
• 6.1.0.2
• 6.1.0.3
• 6.1.1.1
• 6.1.1.2
• 6.1.1.3
• 6.1.2.0
• 6.1.2.1
• 6.1.2.2
• 6.1.2.3
• 6.2.0.0
• 6.2.0.1
• 6.2.0.2
• 6.2.1.0
• 6.2.1.0
• 6.2.1.1
• 6.2.1.2
• 6.3.0.0
• 6.3.1.0
• 6.3.1.1
• 6.3.2.0
• 6.3.2.1
• 6.3.2.2
• 6.3.3.0
• 6.3.3.1
• 6.3.5.0
• 6.3.6.0
• 6.3.7.0

Remediation/Fixes

IBM Systems Director version pre 6.3.5 are unsupported and will not be fixed. IBM recommends upgrading to a fixed, supported version of the product.

Follow the instructions mentioned in Technote 811735241 to apply the fix for releases:

• 6.3.5.0
• 6.3.6.0
• 6.3.7.0

Workarounds and Mitigations

None