Security Bulletin: IBM Sterling Connect:Direct Web Service is vulnerable to multiple vulnerabilities due to IBM Java

Summary

IBM Sterling Connect:Direct Web Service uses IBM Java SE. This bulletin identifies the steps to take to address the vulnerabilities.

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-2023-36479
**DESCRIPTION:**Eclipse Jetty could provide weaker than expected security, caused by an errant command quoting flaw in the org.eclipse.jetty.servlets.CGI Servlet. A remote authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability to launch further attacks on the system.
CVSS Base score: 3.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/266435 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N)

CVEID:CVE-2023-41900
**DESCRIPTION:**Eclipse Jetty could allow a remote authenticated attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by improper authentication validation when using the optional nested LoginService. By sending a specially crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to bypass access restrictions.
CVSS Base score: 3.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/266185 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N)

CVEID:CVE-2023-34055
**DESCRIPTION:**VMware Tanzu Spring Boot is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a flaw when application uses Spring MVC or Spring WebFlux or org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-actuator is on the classpath. By sending specially crafted HTTP requests, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service condition.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/272537 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

CVEID:CVE-2023-34042
**DESCRIPTION:**VMware Tanzu Spring Security could allow a local authenticated attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by an incorrect permission assignment for spring-security.xsd file inside the spring-security-config jar. By sending a specially crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to write the spring-security.xsd file.
CVSS Base score: 4.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/267747 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N)

CVEID:CVE-2020-5408
**DESCRIPTION:**VMware Tanzu Spring Security could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by the use of a fixed null initialization vector with CBC Mode. By using dictionary attack techniques, 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: 5.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/181969 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability now by upgrading …

Product(s)|Version(s)|**Remediation/Fix
**
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IBM Sterling Connect:Direct Web Services| 6.3| Apply 6.3.0.7, available on Fix Central
IBM Sterling Connect:Direct Web Services| 6.1| Apply 6.1.0.24, available on Fix Central
IBM Sterling Connect:Direct Web Services| 6.2| Apply 6.2.0.23, available on Fix Central
IBM Sterling Connect:Direct Web Services| 6.0| Upgrade to 6.1.0.24, 6.2.0.23, or 6.3.0.7

Workarounds and Mitigations

None