Security Bulletin: IBM Security SiteProtector System is affected by Apache HTTP Server vulnerabilities (CVE-2021-40438, CVE-2021-34798)

Summary

IBM Security SiteProtector System has addressed the following vulnerabilities in Core XPU:

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2021-40438
**DESCRIPTION:**Apache HTTP Server is vulnerable to server-side request forgery, caused by an error in mod_proxy. By sending a specially crafted request uri-path, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to forward the request to an origin server chosen by the remote user.
CVSS Base score: 9
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/209526 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H)

CVEID:CVE-2021-34798
**DESCRIPTION:**Apache HTTP Server is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a NULL pointer dereference in httpd core. By sending a specially crafted request, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base score: 5.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/209518 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

Apply the appropriate express update (XPU) as identified in SiteProtector console agent view.

UpdateServer_3_1_1_17.pkg

Workarounds and Mitigations

None