SB2017050820 - Code injection in SAN Volume Controller, Storwize family and FlashSystem V9000 products 

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SB2017050820 - Code injection in SAN Volume Controller, Storwize family and FlashSystem V9000 products

Published: May 8, 2017 Updated: July 19, 2023

Security Bulletin ID SB2017050820
Severity
Critical
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Code execution

Breakdown by Severity

Critical 100%
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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Code injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-5638)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to input validation error in the Jakarta based file upload Multipart parser when processing Content-Type HTTP header. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP POST request containing malicious Content-Type header and execute arbitrary code on the target system with privileges of the Apache Struts user.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow an attacker to compromise vulnerable system.

Note: this vulnerability is being actively exploited in the wild.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References