Security Bulletin: Vulnerabilities in IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty affect IBM Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments (CVE-2014-7810, CVE-2018-8039)

Summary

IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty is affected by Apache Tomcat and CXF vulnerabilities that affect IBM Spectrum Protect (formerly Tivoli Storage Manager) for Virtual Environments: Data Protection for VMware and Data Protection for Hyper-V.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2014-7810 DESCRIPTION: Apache Tomcat could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by the use of expression language. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to bypass the protections of a Security Manager.
CVSS Base Score: 5
CVSS Temporal Score: See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/103155&gt; for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)

CVEID:

CVE-2018-8039
DESCRIPTION: Apache CXF could allow a remote attacker to conduct a man-in-the-middle attack. The TLS hostname verification does not work correctly with com.sun.net.ssl interface. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to launch a man-in-the-middle attack.
CVSS Base Score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/145516&gt; 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:H/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

The following levels of IBM Spectrum Protect (formerly Tivoli Storage Manager) for Virtual Environments: Data Protection for VMware are affected:

• 8.1.0.0 through 8.1.6.1
• 7.1.0.0 through 7.1.8.4

The following levels of IBM Spectrum Protect (formerly Tivoli Storage Manager) for Virtual Environments: Data Protection for Hyper-V are affected:

• 8.1.4.0 through 8.1.6.1

Remediation/Fixes

IBM Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments: Data Protection for VMware Release

| First Fixing VRM Level |

Platform

| _Link to Fix _
—|—|—|—
8.1 | 8.1.7 | Linux
Windows |

<https://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10744187&gt;

7.1 | 7.1.8.5 | Linux
Windows | <https://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg24044553&gt;

IBM Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments: Data Protection for Hyper-V Release

| First Fixing VRM Level |Platform|_Link to Fix _
—|—|—|—
8.1 | 8.1.7 | Windows |

<https://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10744187&gt;

Workarounds and Mitigations

None.