Security Bulletin: A vulnerability in Open Source Apache Tomcat affects IBM FlashSystem 840, (CVE-2014-0227)

Summary

There is a vulnerability in Open Source Apache Tomcat that is used by IBM FlashSystem 840 which allows remote attackers to conduct HTTP request smuggling attacks or cause a denial of service under error scenarios.

Vulnerability Details

CVE-ID: CVE-2014-0227 Description: Apache Tomcat is vulnerable to HTTP request smuggling. A remote attacker could send a specially-crafted request in a malformed chunked header to the Web server to cause multiple processing conflicts on the servers. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to poison the web cache, bypass web application firewall protection, and conduct XSS attacks.
CVSS Base Score: 4.300
CVSS Temporal Score: http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/100751for more information
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

FlashSystem 840 MTMs 9840-AE1 and 9843-AE1, code level 1.1.3.7 and earlier are affected. The Service Assist GUI is the only component in the product that uses the Apache Struts library.

Remediation/Fixes

You should verify applying this fix does not cause any compatibility issues.

1.1.3.8 is available @ IBM’s Fix Central**:**840 fixes, download 1.1.3.8 or later

Workarounds and Mitigations

None