Security Bulletin: Vulnerabilities in IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty Affect IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot for VMware

IBM Corp. has published a security bulletin concerning vulnerabilities in the firm’s WebSphere Application Server Liberty affect IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot for VMware.

WebSphere Application Server Liberty is affected by Apache Tomcat and CXF vulnerabilities that affect IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot (formerly Tivoli Storage FlashCopy Manager) for VMware.

Vulnerability details:
CVEID: CVE-2014-7810
Description: Apache Tomcat could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by the use of expression language. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to bypass the protections of a Security Manager.
CVSS Base Score: 5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/103155

For the current score:
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)

CVEID: CVE-2018-8039
Description: Apache CXF could allow a remote attacker to conduct a man-in-the-middle attack. The TLS hostname verification does not work correctly with com.sun.net.ssl interface. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to launch a man-in-the-middle attack.
CVSS Base Score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/145516 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:H/A:N

Affected products and versions:
The following levels of IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot (formerly Tivoli Storage FlashCopy Manager) for VMware are affected:

• 4.1.0.0 through 4.1.6.6

Remediation/fixes: see the security bulletin

*The CVSS Environment Score is customer environment specific and will ultimately impact the Overall CVSS Score. Customers can evaluate the impact of this vulnerability in their environments by accessing the links in the Reference section of this Security Bulletin.