Multiple vulnerabilities in The IBM FlashSystem 840



Risk Medium
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 3
CVE-ID CVE-2013-4286
CVE-2013-4322
CVE-2014-0033
CWE-ID CWE-20
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
 FlashSystem 840 9840-AE1 & 9843-AE1
Other software / Other software solutions

Vendor IBM Corporation

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains information about 3 vulnerabilities.

1) Input validation error

EUVDB-ID: #VU64542

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 2.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2013-4286

CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a request-smuggling attack.

The vulnerability exists due to HTTP connector or AJP connector is used, does not properly handle certain inconsistent HTTP request headers. A remote attacker can trigger incorrect identification of a request's length and conduct request-smuggling attacks via multiple Content-Length headers or a Content-Length header and a "Transfer-Encoding: chunked" header.

This vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2005-2090.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

FlashSystem 840 9840-AE1 & 9843-AE1: before 1.1.2.2

CPE2.3 External links

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/689753


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

2) Input validation error

EUVDB-ID: #VU64543

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 6.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2013-4322

CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to Apache Tomcat processes chunked transfer coding without properly handling a large total amount of chunked data or whitespace characters in an HTTP header value within a trailer field. A remote attacker can cause a denial of service by streaming data.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

FlashSystem 840 9840-AE1 & 9843-AE1: before 1.1.2.2

CPE2.3 External links

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/689753


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

3) Input validation error

EUVDB-ID: #VU64546

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 6.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2014-0033

CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a session fixation attack

The vulnerability exists due to org/apache/catalina/connector/CoyoteAdapter.java in Apache Tomcat does not consider the disableURLRewriting setting when handling a session ID in a URL. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted URL and perform a session fixation attack.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

FlashSystem 840 9840-AE1 & 9843-AE1: before 1.1.2.2

CPE2.3 External links

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/689753


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



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