Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in Apache Tomcat affects IBM SAN Volume Controller, IBM Storwize, IBM Storage Virtualize and IBM FlashSystem products (CVE-2023-45648, CVE-2023-42795, CVE-2023-46589, CVE-2024-21733)

Summary

A vulnerability in Apache Tomcat affects the product’s management GUI, potentially allowing HTTP request smuggling and the obtaining of sensitive information. The Command Line Interface is unaffected.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2023-45648
**DESCRIPTION:**Apache Tomcat is vulnerable to HTTP request smuggling, caused by improper parsing of HTTP trailer headers. By sending a specially crafted invalid trailer header, an 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/268200 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)

CVEID:CVE-2023-42795
**DESCRIPTION:**Apache Tomcat could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by an incomplete Cleanup vulnerability when recycling various internal objects. By skipping some parts of the recycling process, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain sensitive information leaking from the current request/response to the next.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/268201 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)

CVEID:CVE-2023-46589
**DESCRIPTION:**Apache Tomcat is vulnerable to HTTP request smuggling, caused by improper parsing of the HTTP trailer headers. By sending a specially crafted HTTP(S) trailer header, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to poison the web cache, bypass web application firewall protection, and conduct XSS attacks.
CVSS Base score: 6.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/272444 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N)

CVEID:CVE-2024-21733
**DESCRIPTION:**Apache Tomcat could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by the leaking of unrelated request bodies in default error page. By sending a specially crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain sensitive information, and use this information to launch further attacks against the affected system.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/279952 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

IBM recommends that you fix this vulnerability by upgrading affected versions of IBM SAN Volume Controller, IBM Storwize V7000, IBM Storwize V5000 and V5100, IBM Storwize V5000E, IBM Storage Virtualize Software, IBM Storage Virtualize for Public Cloud, IBM FlashSystem V9000, IBM FlashSystem 9500, IBM FlashSystem 9100 Family, IBM FlashSystem 9200, IBM FlashSystem 7300, IBM FlashSystem 7200, IBM FlashSystem 5200 and IBM FlashSystem 5000 to the following code levels or higher:

8.4.0.13

8.5.0.11

8.6.0.3

8.6.2.0

Latest IBM SAN Volume Controller Code
Latest IBM Storwize V7000 Code
Latest IBM Storwize V5000 and V5100 Code
Latest IBM Storwize V5000E Code
Latest IBM FlashSystem V9000 Code
Latest IBM FlashSystem 9500 Code
Latest IBM FlashSystem 9100 Family Code
Latest IBM FlashSystem 9200 Code
Latest IBM FlashSystem 7300 Code
Latest IBM FlashSystem 7200 Code
Latest IBM FlashSystem 5000 and 5200 Code
Latest IBM Storage Virtualize Software
Latest IBM Storage Virtualize for Public Cloud

For the Storage Nodes of IBM FlashSystem 900, please apply the fixes recommended in the IBM FlashSystem security bulletin for this issue.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None