Security Bulletin: Multiple vulnerabilities in Apache Tomcat affects App Connect Professional

Summary

App Connect Professional has addressed the following vulnerabilities reported in Apache Tomcat.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2024-24549
**DESCRIPTION:**Apache Tomcat is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by improper input validation by the HTTP/2 header. By sending specially crafted HTTP/2 requests, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service condition.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/285497 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

CVEID:CVE-2024-23672
**DESCRIPTION:**Apache Tomcat is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an incomplete cleanup flaw. By sending specially crafted WebSocket connections, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to increased resource consumption, and results in a denial of service condition.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/285496 for the current score.
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

Remediation/Fixes

IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerabilities by upgrading to App Connect Professional 7.5.5.0-CUMUIFIX-24 available from IBM Fix Central (under APAR LI83170).

Workarounds and Mitigations

None