Security Bulletin: Vulnerabilities in Apache Struts affect IBM Tivoli Application Dependency Discovery Manager.

Summary

Vulnerabilities in Apache Struts affect IBM Tivoli Application Dependency Discovery Manager [CVE-2023-41835, CVE-2023-50164] This bulletin identifies the steps to take to address the vulnerability.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2023-41835
**DESCRIPTION:**Apache Struts is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an incomplete cleanup of the struts.multipart.saveDir directory after an upload request is denied. By sending a specially crafted Multipart request, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/265930 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

CVEID:CVE-2023-50164
**DESCRIPTION:**Apache Struts could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by the handling of file upload parameters, which, if manipulated, can lead to unauthorized path traversal. By uploading a specially crafted archive file containing “dot dot” sequences (/…/), an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS Base score: 9.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/273374 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

In order to fix this vulnerability, please follow the below steps:

For TADDM 7.3.0.7 - 7.3.0.10, please download the below efix and apply it.

Please get familiar with eFix readme in etc/<efix_name>_readme.txt

For TADDM 7.3.0.0 - 7.3.0.6, please upgrade TADDM to 7.3.0.7 or above(preferably the latest release 7.3.0.10) and apply the above efix.

Workarounds and Mitigations

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