Security Bulletin: Apache Tomcat as used in IBM QRadar SIEM is susceptible to multiple vulnerabilities. (CVE-2015-5345, CVE-2016-0706, CVE-2016-0714, CVE-2015-5174)

Summary

Open Source Apache Tomcat is susceptible to multiple vulnerabilities.

Vulnerability Details

CVE-ID: CVE-2015-5345 **
Description:Apache Tomcat could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by an error when accessing a protected directory. By redirecting to the URL, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to determine the presence of a directory. **
CVSS Base Score: 5.3**
CVSS Temporal Score:** See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/110857&gt; for the current score**
CVSS Environmental Score:** Undefined*
CVSS Vector:** CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

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CVE-ID:CVE-2016-0706 **
Description:Apache Tomcat could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by the loading of the StatusManagerServlet during the configuration of a security manager. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain deployed applications and other sensitive information. **
CVSS Base Score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score:** See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/110855&gt; for the current score**
CVSS Environmental Score:** Undefined*
CVSS Vector:** CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

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CVE-ID:CVE-2016-0714 **
Description:Apache Tomcat could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by an error in multiple session persistence mechanisms. By placing a malicious object into a session, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to bypass a security manager and possibly execute arbitrary code on the system. **
CVSS Base Score: 7.3
CVSS Temporal Score:** See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/110856&gt; for the current score**
CVSS Environmental Score:** Undefined*
CVSS Vector:CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L **
CVE-ID:CVE-2015-5174 **
Description:Apache Tomcat could allow a remote attacker to traverse directories on the system. An attacker could send a specially-crafted URL request containing “dot dot” sequences (/…/) in the getResource(), getResourceAsStream() and getResourcePaths() ServletContext methods to obtain a directory listing for the directory. **
CVSS Base Score: 5.3**
CVSS Temporal Score:** See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/110860 for the current score**
CVSS Environmental Score:** Undefined*
CVSS Vector:** CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Affected Products and Versions

· IBM QRadar patch 7.1.n

· IBM QRadar patch 7.2.n

Remediation/Fixes

· IBM QRadar SIEM 7.1 MR2 Patch 12 Interim Fix 4

· IBM QRadar SIEM 7.2.6 Patch 5

Workarounds and Mitigations

None