Security Bulletin: Multiple vulnerabilities in cURL libcURL affect IBM Tivoli Composite Application Manager for Transactions (CVE-2015-3143, CVE-2015-3144 and CVE-2015-3145)

Summary

cURL libcURL vulnerabilities were disclosed on April 22, 2015 by the cURL Project. cURL is used by IBM Tivoli Composite Application Manager for Transactions has addressed the applicable CVEs.

Vulnerability Details

CVE-ID: CVE-2015-3143

DESCRIPTION: libcurl could allow a remote attacker from within the local network to bypass security restrictions, caused by the re-use of recently authenticated connections. By sending a new NTLM-authenticated request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to perform unauthorized actions with the privileges of the victim.

CVSS Base Score: 5.000
CVSS Temporal Score: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/102888 for current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)

CVE-ID: CVE-2015-3144

DESCRIPTION: libcurl and cURL are vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by improper calculation of index by the fix_hostname function. By using a zero-length host name, an remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the system to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 5.000
CVSS Temporal Score: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/102886 for current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

CVE-ID: CVE-2015-3145

DESCRIPTION: libcurl and cURL are vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by improper calculation of index by the sanitize_cookie_path function. By using a double-quote character in a cookie path, an remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the system to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 5.000
CVSS Temporal Score: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/102884 for current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM Tivoli Composite Application Manager (ITCAM) for Transactions is affected. ITCAM for Transactions contains multiple sub components (Agents). Only the Internet Service Monitor (ISM – Agent code ‘IS’) is affected.

Versions:
· 7.4 – Affected by CVE (CVE-2015-3143, CVE-2015-3144 and CVE-2015-3145)
· 7.3 – Affected by CVE (CVE-2015-3143, CVE-2015-3144 and CVE-2015-3145)

Remediation/Fixes

Product

| VRMF| APAR| Remediation/First Fix
—|—|—|—
7.4.0.0-TIV-CAMIS-FP0001| 7.4.0.1| None| http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg400002269
7.3.0.1-TIV-CAMIS-IF0036| 7.3.0.1| None| http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=0&uid=isg400002358
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For ISM 7.1 and 7.2 IBM recommends upgrading to a fixed, supported version/release/platform of the product.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None known