Security Bulletin: IBM WebSphere Cast Iron Solution is affected by Apache Tomcat vulnerabilities (CVE-2016-8735, CVE-2016-6816)

Summary

There are vulnerabilities (CVE-2016-8735, CVE-2016-6816) reported in Apache Tomcat v6 that is used by WebSphere Cast Iron Solution. WebSphere Cast Iron has remediated the affected versions.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2016-8735**
DESCRIPTION:** Apache Tomcat could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by an error in the JmxRemoteLifecycleListener. By sending specially crafted data to a JMX port, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system with elevated privileges.
CVSS Base Score: 7.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/119157 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)

CVEID: CVE-2016-6816**
DESCRIPTION:** Apache Tomcat is vulnerable to HTTP response splitting attacks, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to inject arbitrary HTTP headers and cause the server to return a split response, once the URL is clicked. This would allow the attacker to perform further attacks, such as Web cache poisoning or cross-site scripting, and possibly obtain sensitive information.
CVSS Base Score: 6.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/119158 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

WebSphere Cast Iron v 7.5.0.0, 7.5.0.1, 7.5.1.0
WebSphere Cast Iron v 7.0.0.0, 7.0.0.1, 7.0.0.2
WebSphere Cast Iron v 6.4.0.0, 6.4.0.1
WebSphere Cast Iron v 6.3.0.0, 6.3.0.1, 6.3.0.1

Remediation/Fixes

Product

| VRMF| APAR| Remediation/First Fix
—|—|—|—
Cast Iron Appliance| 7.5.0.0
7.5.0.1
7.5.1.0| LI79413| 7.5.1.0-CUMUIFIX-006
Cast Iron Appliance| 7.0.0.0
7.0.0.1
7.0.0.2| LI79413| 7.0.0.2-CUMUIFIX-034
Cast Iron Appliance| 6.4.0.0
6.4.0.1| LI79413| 6.4.0.1-CUMUIFIX-043
Cast Iron Appliance| 6.3.0.0
6.3.0.1
6.3.0.2| LI79413| 6.3.0.2-CUMUIFIX-024

Workarounds and Mitigations

None.