Security Bulletin: Apache Tomcat vulnerability affects IBM Storwize V7000 Unified (CVE-2017-15706)

Summary

Apache Tomcat CGI Servlet vulnerability

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2017-15706**
DESCRIPTION:** Apache Tomcat could provide weaker than expected security, caused by the incorrect documentation of the CGI search algorithm used by the CGI Servlet to identify which script to execute. The error resulted in the failure of some scripts to execute as expected and other scripts may have been executed unexpectedly.
CVSS Base Score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/138486 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:L/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM Storwize V7000 Unified
The product is affected when running code releases 1.5.x and 1.6.0.0 to 1.6.2.3

Remediation/Fixes

A fix for these issues is in version 1.6.2.4 of IBM Storwize V7000 Unified.
Version 1.5 and earlier releases are end of service. Customers running on these releases of IBM Storwize V7000 Unified can upgrade to v1.6.2.4 for fixes._
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_Latest Storwize V7000 Unified Software

Please contact IBM support for assistance in upgrading your system.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None