Security Bulletin: A HTTP server vulnerability affects IBM Security Access Manager for Web (CVE-2015-3183)

Summary

IBM Security Access Manager for Web is affected by a request smuggling vulnerability in the HTTP server.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2015-3183**
DESCRIPTION:** Apache HTTP Server is vulnerable to HTTP request smuggling, caused by a chunk header parsing flaw in the apr_brigade_flatten() function. By sending a specially-crafted request in a malformed chunked header 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: 6.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/104844 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM Tivoli Access Manager for e-business 6.0
IBM Tivoli Access Manager for e-business 6.1
IBM Tivoli Access Manager for e-business 6.1.1
IBM Security Access Manager for Web 7.0

Remediation/Fixes

The table below provides links to patches for all affected versions. Follow the installation instructions in the README file included with the patch.