Security Bulletin: There is a vulnerability in jetty-http-9.4.51.v20230217.jar used by IBM Maximo Asset Management application (CVE-2023-40167 and CVE-2023-36478)

Summary

There is a vulnerability in jetty-http-9.4.51.v20230217.jar used by IBM Maximo Asset Management application (CVE-2023-40167 and CVE-2023-36478)

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2023-36478
**DESCRIPTION:**Eclipse Jetty is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an integer overflow and buffer allocation in MetaDataBuilder.checkSize. By sending a specially crafted request, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service condition.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/268413 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

CVEID:CVE-2023-40167
**DESCRIPTION:**Jetty is vulnerable to HTTP request smuggling, caused by improper parsing of the HTTP/1 request header. By sending a specially crafted request, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to poison the web cache, bypass web application firewall protection, and conduct XSS attacks.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/266353 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

The recommended solution is to download the appropriate Interim Fix or Fix Pack from Fix Central and apply for each affected product as soon as possible. Please see below for information on the fixes available for each product, version, and release. Follow the installation instructions in the ‘readme’ documentation provided with each fix pack or interim fix.

For Maximo Asset Management 7.6:

Maximo Asset Management 7.6.1.3 iFix:

7.6.1.3-TIV-MBS-IF015 or latest Interim Fix available

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Workarounds and Mitigations

None