PT-2015-2722 · Ibm · Ibm Websphere Application Server

Published 2015-11-08 · Updated 2016-12-07 · CVE-2015-2017

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.3

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions IBM WebSphere Application Server versions 6.1 through 6.1.0.47 IBM WebSphere Application Server versions 7.0 through 7.0.0.38 IBM WebSphere Application Server versions 8.0 through 8.0.0.11 IBM WebSphere Application Server versions 8.5 through 8.5.5.7

Description The issue is related to a CRLF injection vulnerability that allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTTP headers and conduct HTTP response splitting attacks via a crafted URL. This is due to the server's failure to properly handle CRLF sequences in HTTP headers. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to inject arbitrary HTTP headers using a specially crafted URL.

Recommendations For IBM WebSphere Application Server versions 6.1 through 6.1.0.47, update to version 6.1.0.47 or later. For IBM WebSphere Application Server versions 7.0 through 7.0.0.38, update to version 7.0.0.39 or later. For IBM WebSphere Application Server versions 8.0 through 8.0.0.11, update to version 8.0.0.12 or later. For IBM WebSphere Application Server versions 8.5 through 8.5.5.7, update to version 8.5.5.8 or later.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-113

Related Identifiers

BDU:2015-12087

CVE-2015-2017

Affected Products

Ibm Websphere Application Server

References · 7

• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1PI45266 · Vendor Advisory
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21966837 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-2017 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-12087 · Security Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-2017 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1034096 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/78457 · Note