Security Bulletin
Summary
There is a potential cross-site request forgery in WebSphere Application Server OAuth service provider.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2017-1194
DESCRIPTION: IBM WebSphere Application Server is vulnerable to cross-site request forgery which could allow an attacker to execute malicious and unauthorized actions transmitted from a user that the website trusts.
CVSS Base Score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/123669 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)
Affected Products and Versions
This vulnerability affects all versions of Liberty for Java in IBM Bluemix up to and including v3.8.
Remediation/Fixes
To upgrade to Liberty for Java v3.9-20170419-1403 or higher, you must re-stage or re-push your application.
To find the current version of Liberty for Java in IBM Bluemix being used, from the command-line Cloud Foundry client by running the following commands:
cf ssh <appname> -c cat "staging_info.yml"
Look for the following lines:
{"detected_buildpack":"Liberty for Java(TM) (WAR, liberty-xxx, buildpack-v3.xxx, ibmjdk-1.8.0_20161213, env)","start_command":".liberty/initial_startup.rb"}
To re-stage your application using the command-line Cloud Foundry client, use the following command:
cf restage <appname>
To re-push your application using the command-line Cloud Foundry client, use the following command:
cf push <appname>
Workarounds and Mitigations
None.
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References
Change History
28 April 2017: original document 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:
15 June 2018
UID
swg22002811