Security Bulletin: Apache Tomcat vulnerability affects IBM Storwize V7000 Unified (CVE-2014-0227)

Summary

Apache Tomcat unauthorized access vulnerability

Vulnerability Details

This bulletin relates to vulnerabilities in the Apache Tomcat component which is used to provide the product’s management GUI. The CLI interface is unaffected.

CVEID: CVE-2014-0227

DESCRIPTION: Apache Tomcat is vulnerable to HTTP request smuggling. By sending a specially-crafted request to the Apache HTTP server, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to poison the web cache, bypass web application firewall protection, and conduct XSS attacks.

CVSS Base Score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/#/vulnerabilities/100751&gt; for more information
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM Storwize V7000 Unified

All products are affected when running code releases 1.3, 1.4 and 1.5 except for version 1.5.2.0 and above.

Remediation/Fixes

IBM recommends that you fix this vulnerability by upgrading affected versions of IBM Storwize V7000 Unified to the following code level or higher:

1.5.2.0_
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_Latest Storwize V7000 Unified Software

Workarounds and Mitigations

Workaround(s) : None.

Mitigation(s) : 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.