Security Bulletin: Vulnerabilities in Apache Tomcat affect SAN Volume Controller, Storwize family and FlashSystem V9000 products (CVE-2017-6056)

Summary

Vulnerability CVE-2017-6056 in the Apache Tomcat component affects the product’s management GUI. The Command Line Interface is unaffected.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2017-6056**
DESCRIPTION:** Apache Tomcat is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a programming error in the servlet and JSP engine. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the server to enter into an infinite loop.
CVSS Base Score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/122312 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM SAN Volume Controller
IBM Storwize V7000
IBM Storwize V5000
IBM Storwize V3700
IBM Storwize V3500
IBM FlashSystem V9000

All products are affected when running supported releases 7.1 to 7.6. For unsupported versions of the above products, IBM recommends upgrading to a fixed, supported version of the product.

Remediation/Fixes

IBM recommends that you fix this vulnerability by upgrading affected versions of IBM SAN Volume Controller, IBM Storwize V7000, V5000, V3700 and V3500 to the following code levels or higher:

7.5.0.10
7.6.1.7
7.7.1.5
7.8.0.2

Latest SAN Volume Controller Code
Latest Storwize V7000 Code
Latest Storwize V5000 Code
Latest Storwize V3700 Code
Latest Storwize V3500 Code

For IBM FlashSystem V9000, upgrade to the following code levels or higher:

7.5.1.6
7.6.1.7
7.7.1.5
7.8.0.2

Latest FlashSystem V9000 Code

Workarounds and Mitigations

Although IBM recommends that you install a level of code with a fix for this vulnerability, you can mitigate, although not eliminate, your risk until you have done so by ensuring that all users who have access to the system are authenticated by another security system such as a firewall.