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Security Bulletin: Code execution vulnerability in IBM MessageSight (CVE-2016-5983)

Security Bulletin


Summary

There is a potential code execution vulnerability in WebSphere Application Server Liberty Profile used by IBM MessageSight

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2016-5983
DESCRIPTION: IBM WebSphere Application Server could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary Java code with a serialized object from untrusted sources.
CVSS Base Score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/116468 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM MessageSight 1.1 – 2.0

Remediation/Fixes

Product


VRMF
APAR
Remediation/First Fix
IBM MessageSight1.1IT184411.1.0.1-IBM-IMA-IFIT18441

IBM MessageSight
1.2		IT184411.2.0.3-IBM-IMA-IFIT18441
IBM MessageSight2.0IT184412.0.0.1-IBM-IMA-IFIT18441

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

Complete CVSS v2 Guide
On-line Calculator v2

Complete CVSS v3 Guide
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Related Information

IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

Change History

December 7, 2016: Original version 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.

Disclaimer

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Document Information

Modified date:
17 June 2018

UID

swg21995510

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