Security Bulletin
Summary
TADDM security improvement deployed starting from TADDM 7.2.1.5 and in TADDM 7.2.2 related to availability of the default Tomcat administration interface.
Vulnerability Details
CVE-2013-3023
Description
TADDM server prompts for credentials to access Tomcat Manager Application and Tomcat Host Manager Application, after applying address to this application. It is not possible to log-on there without configuration changes in Tomcat, but user can provide valid credentials via HTTP that can be sniffed by a malicious user.
CVSS Base Score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/84361
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Affected Products and Versions
TADDM 7.1.2, 7.2.0.0 through 7.2.1.4 (fix included in TADDM 7.2.1.5 and TADDM 7.2.2.0)
Remediation/Fixes
Upgrade to TADDM 7.2.1.5 or TADDM 7.2.2.0
If you are unable to upgrade apply workaround, or please contact IBM Support.
Workarounds and Mitigations
Please delete the following files from the TADDM server installation:
$COLLATION_HOME/dist/external/apache-tomcat-x.x.xx/conf/Catalina/localhost/manager.xml
$COLLATION_HOME/dist/external/apache-tomcat-x.x.xx/conf/Catalina/localhost/host-manager.xml
After restart TADDM, below pages should not prompt for credentials:
http://<taddm_ip>:9430/manager/html
http://<taddm_ip>:9430/host-manager/html
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References
Change History
7 May 2014: 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 Security Bulletin.
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Document Information
Modified date:
17 June 2018
UID
swg21672388