Security Bulletin: There is a vulnerability in jetty-http-9.4.51.v20230217.jar used by IBM Maximo Manage application in IBM Maximo Application Suite (CVE-2023-40167 and CVE-2023-36478)

Summary

There is a vulnerability in jetty-http-9.4.51.v20230217.jar used by IBM Maximo Manage application in IBM Maximo Application Suite.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2023-40167
**DESCRIPTION:**Jetty is vulnerable to HTTP request smuggling, caused by improper parsing of the HTTP/1 request header. By sending a specially crafted request, a remote 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/266353 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-2023-36478
**DESCRIPTION:**Eclipse Jetty is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an integer overflow and buffer allocation in MetaDataBuilder.checkSize. By sending a specially crafted request, 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/268413 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

For IBM Maximo Manage application in IBM Maximo Application Suite:

Upgrade to Manage 8.6.9 or latest (available from the Catalog under Update Available)

Upgrade to MAS 8.11.6|

Upgrade to Manage 8.7.4 or latest (available from the Catalog under Update Available)

Workarounds and Mitigations

None