Security Bulletin: IBM Platform Symphony (CVE-2013-2251 CVE-2013-2248 CVE-2013-2135 CVE-2013-2134 CVE-2013-2115 CVE-2013-1966 CVE-2013-1965 CVE-2013-4310)

Summary

This bulletin relates to several security vulnerabilities that have been reported against Apache Struts 2 through October 2013. IBM Platform Symphony includes a version of Struts 2 that is vulnerable to these issues.

Vulnerability Details

Several security vulnerabilities have been reported against Apache Struts 2 through October 2013. IBM Platform Symphony’s PMC GUI uses Struts 2 as a framework for Java web applications. A version of the package that is vulnerable to these issues is included in several past versions of IBM Platform Symphony. The latest versions of Struts 2 address all the vulnerabilities and can be applied through the fix detailed in the Remediation section.

CVE-2013-4310

Description:

Apache Struts 2.0.0 through 2.3.15.1 allows remote attackers to bypass access controls via a crafted action: prefix.

CVSS Base Score: 5.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/87336 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N)

CVE-2013-2251

Description:

Apache Struts 2.0.0 through 2.3.15 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary OGNL expressions via a parameter with a crafted (1) action:, (2) redirect:, or (3) redirectAction: prefix.

CVSS Base Score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/85756 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVE-2013-2248****

Description:

Multiple open redirect vulnerabilities in Apache Struts 2.0.0 through 2.3.15 allow remote attackers to redirect users to arbitrary web sites and conduct phishing attacks via a URL in a parameter using the (1) redirect: or (2) redirectAction: prefix.

CVSS Base Score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/85755 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)

CVE-2013-2135****

Description:

Apache Struts 2 before 2.3.14.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary OGNL code via a request with a crafted value that contains both “${}” and “%{}” sequences, which causes the OGNL code to be evaluated twice.

CVSS Base Score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/84763 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVE-2013-2134

Description:

Apache Struts 2 before 2.3.14.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary OGNL code via a request with a crafted action name that is not properly handled during wildcard matching, a different vulnerability than CVE-2013-2135.

CVSS Base Score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/84762 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVE-2013-2115

Description:

Apache Struts 2 before 2.3.14.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary OGNL code via a crafted request that is not properly handled when using the includeParams attribute in the (1) URL or (2) A tag. NOTE: this issue is due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2013-1966.

CVSS Base Score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/84543 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVE-2013-1966

Description:

Apache Struts 2 before 2.3.14.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary OGNL code via a crafted request that is not properly handled when using the includeParams attribute in the (1) URL or (2) A tag.

CVSS Base Score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/84542 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVE-2013-1965

Description:

Apache Struts Showcase App 2.0.0 through 2.3.13, as used in Struts 2 before 2.3.14.1, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary OGNL code via a crafted parameter name that is not properly handled when invoking a redirect.

CVSS Base Score: 6.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/85573 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

AFFECTED PRODUCTS AND VERSIONS:
IBM Platform Symphony 5.2 and 6.1.x

REMEDIATION:

We strongly recommend that you apply the following fix from FixCentral to avoid this potential security exposure.

Workaround(s) & Mitigation(s):
None

REFERENCES:
· Complete CVSS Guide
· On-line Calculator V2_ _

RELATED INFORMATION:
_IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal _IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
None

CHANGE HISTORY
20 December, 2013 Original Copy Published

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