Security Bulletin: Open Source Apache Tomcat vulnerabilities affect IBM Tivoli Application Dependency Discovery Manager (CVE-2021-24122)

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities in Open Source Apache Tomcat reported by The Apache Software Foundation affect IBM Tivoli Application Dependency Discovery Manager (TADDM)

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2021-24122
**DESCRIPTION:**Apache Tomcat could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by a flaw when serving resources from a network location using the NTFS file system. By sending a specially-crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to view the source code for JSPs in some configurations, and use this information to launch further attacks against the affected system.
CVSS Base score: 8.2
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/194894 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

Please get familiar with eFix readme in etc/<efix_name>_readme.txt
Note that the eFix requires manual deletion of the external/apache-tomcat directory.

Workarounds and Mitigations

The above eFix is applicable only to 7.3.0.0 and can be downloaded and applied directly.

Note: TADDM 7.3.0.1 - 7.3.0.8 are not affected as they use WebSphere Liberty Profile.