IBM Social Business Toolkit - v1.1.4.20150504-1700
There are many updates in place in v1.1.4.20150504-1700 (1 security update)
The current snapshot is 1.1.5-SNAPSHOT
Items addressed:
Updated the RestClient to build the default context and resolve #1664
Updated the i18n bridge to work with the right language bindings #1662
Changes to the bss.provisioning.sample.app pom to avoid using shade and fix distribution build issues so it points to the right build.
Updated the SSO Sample Application to use the most recent Java APIs in the SDK. Changed the build numbers to sit builds within the current stream.
Update the pom.xml for com.ibm.sbt.proxy.web to fix issue with missing versions
Updated SearchService with URLParameter fixes and to enable multiple constraints
Addressed an open Security Bulletin with Apache Tomcat
TITLE: Security Bulletin: IBM Social Business Toolkit (CVE-2014-0230)
Abstract: Apache Tomcat is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an error when uploading files. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to consume all available memory resources. Tomcat is packaged as demonstration and test web application
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VULNERABILITY DETAILS:
CVEID: CVE-2014-0230
DESCRIPTION:
Apache Tomcat is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an error when uploading files. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to consume all available memory resources.
CVEID: CVE-2014-0230
DESCRIPTION: Apache Tomcat is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an error when uploading files. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to consume all available memory resources.
CVSS Base Score: 5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/#/vulnerabilities/102131 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
AFFECTED PRODUCTS AND VERSIONS:
IBM Social Business Toolkit SDK 1.1.3
REMEDIATION:
*Download and install the 1.1.4 version which includes Tomcat 7.0.61 at https://github.com/OpenNTF/SocialSDK/releases/tag/v1.1.4.20150504-1700
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Workaround(s) & Mitigation(s):
Manually upgrade to Tomcat 7.0.61 or higher.
REFERENCES:
RELATED INFORMATION:
IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/102131
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
None
CHANGE HISTORY
05 MAY 2015 Original Copy Published
*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 Flash.
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