Security Bulletin: A security vulnerability has been identified in WebSphere Application Server shipped with IBM Cloud Orchestrator and Cloud Orchestrator Enterprise (CVE-2016-8919)

Security Bulletin

Summary

There is a security vulnerability in WebSphere Application Server, IBM Business Process Manager, and IBM Tivoli System Automation Application Manager that is shipped with IBM Cloud Orchestrator and Cloud Orchestrator Enterprise.
Additionally, the vulnerability affects Jazz™ for Service Management and IBM Tivoli Monitoring, which are shipped with Cloud Orchestrator Enterprise.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2016-8919
DESCRIPTION: IBM WebSphere Application Server may be vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by allowing serialized objects from untrusted sources to run and cause the consumption of resources.
CVSS Base Score: 5.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/118529 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Principal Product and Version(s)	Affected Supporting Product and Version
IBM Cloud Orchestrator V2.5, V2.5.0.1, V2.5.0.2, V2.5.0.3	WebSphere Application Server V8.5.5 through V8.5.5.11 Business Process Manager 8.5.5 through V8.5.7 CF201703 IBM Tivoli System Automation Application Manager V4.1
IBM Cloud Orchestrator V2.4, V2.4.0.1, V2.4.0.2,V2.4.0.3, V2.4.0.4	WebSphere Application Server V8.5.0.1 through V8.5.5.10 IBM Business Process Manager Standard V8.5.0.1 through 8.5.6 CF2 IBM Tivoli System Automation Application Manager V4.1
IBM Cloud Orchestrator V2.3, V2.3.0.1	IBM WebSphere Application Server V8.0, V8.0.11 IBM Business Process Manager Standard V8.5.0.1
IBM Cloud Orchestrator Enterprise V2.5, V2.5.0.1, V2.5.0.2, V2.5.0.3	WebSphere Application Server V8.5.5 through V8.5.5.11 Business Process Manager 8.5.5 through V8.5.7 CF201703 IBM Tivoli System Automation Application Manager 4.1 IBM Tivoli Monitoring 6.3.0.2 Jazz™ for Service Management V1.1.0.1 through V1.1.2.1
IBM Cloud Orchestrator Enterprise V2.4, V2.4.01, V2.4.0.2,V2.4.0.3, V2.4.0.4	WebSphere Application Server V8.5.0.1 through V8.5.5.10 IBM Business Process Manager Standard V8.5.0.1 through 8.5.6 CF2 IBM Tivoli System Automation Application Manager 4.1 IBM Tivoli Monitoring 6.3.0.1 through V6.3.0.2 Jazz™ for Service Management V1.1.0.1 through V1.1.2.1
IBM Cloud Orchestrator Enterprise V2.3, V2.3.0.1	IBM WebSphere Application Server V8.0, V8.0.11 IBM Business Process Manager Standard V8.5.0.1 IBM Tivoli Monitoring V6.3.0.1 Jazz™ for Service Management V1.1.0.1

Remediation/Fixes

These issues were addressed by IBM Cloud Orchestrator and IBM Cloud Orchestrator Enterprise through the bundled products IBM WebSphere Application Server, IBM Business Process Manager, and IBM Tivoli System Automation Application Manager, which are shipped with IBM Cloud Orchestrator and IBM Cloud Orchestrator Enterprise.
Additionally, these issues were also addressed by Jazz™ for Service Management, IBM Tivoli Monitoring, and IBM SmartCloud Cost Management that are shipped with IBM Cloud Orchestrator Enterprise.

Fix delivery details for IBM Cloud Orchestrator and Cloud Orchestrator Enterprise:

Product	VRMF	Remediation/First Fix
IBM Cloud Orchestrator and Cloud Orchestrator Enterprise	V2.5, V2.5.0.1, V2.5.0.2,V2.5.0.3	For 2.5 versions, upgrade to Fix Pack 4 (2.5.0.4) of IBM Cloud Orchestrator. http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27045667 After you upgrde, apply the appropriate Interim to your environment as soon as practical. For details, see Security Bulletin: Denial of Service with WebSphere Application Server (CVE-2016-8919)
	V2.4, V2.4.0.1, V2.4.0.2, V2.4.0.3, V2.4.0.4	For 2.4 versions, upgrade to Fix Pack 4 (2.4.0.5) of IBM Cloud Orchestrator. http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27045667
	V2.3, V2.3.0.1	Notice product withdrawal announcement as per ENUS917-138 Contact IBM Support

Workarounds and Mitigations

Refer to the following security bulletins for vulnerability details and information about fixes addressed by WebSphere Application Server, IBM Business Process Manager, and IBM Tivoli System Automation Application Manager, which are shipped with IBM Cloud Orchestrator.

Principal Product and Version(s)	Affected Supporting Product and Version	Affected Supporting Product Security Bulletin
IBM Cloud Orchestrator V2.5, V2.5.0.1, V2.5.0.2, V2.5.0.3	WebSphere Application Server V8.5.5 through V8.5.5.11	Security Bulletin: Denial of Service with WebSphere Application Server (CVE-2016-8919)
	IBM Business Process Manager Standard V8.5.7 CF3	Security Bulletin: A Security vulnerability has been identified in IBM WebSphere Application Server shipped with IBM Business Process Manager, WebSphere Process Server and WebSphere Lombardi Edition (CVE-2016-8919)
	IBM Tivoli System Automation Application Manager 4.1	Security Bulletin: A security vulnerability has been identified in WebSphere Application Server shipped with IBM Tivoli System Automation Application Manager (CVE-2016-8919)
IBM Cloud Orchestrator V2.4, V2.4.0.1, V2.4.0.2, V2.4.0.3, V2.4.0.4	WebSphere Application Server V8.5.0.1 through V8.5.5.10	Security Bulletin: Denial of Service with WebSphere Application Server (CVE-2016-8919)
	IBM Business Process Manager Standard V8.5.0.1 through V8.5.6 CF2	Security Bulletin: A Security vulnerability has been identified in IBM WebSphere Application Server shipped with IBM Business Process Manager, WebSphere Process Server and WebSphere Lombardi Edition (CVE-2016-8919)
	IBM Tivoli System Automation Application Manager 4.1	Security Bulletin: A security vulnerability has been identified in WebSphere Application Server shipped with IBM Tivoli System Automation Application Manager (CVE-2016-8919)
IBM Cloud Orchestrator V2.3, V2.3.0.1	IBM WebSphere Application Server V8.0, V8.0.11 IBM Business Process Manager Standard V8.5.0.1	Contact IBM Support

Refer to the following security bulletins for vulnerability details and information about fixes addressed by WebSphere Application Server, IBM Business Process Manager, IBM Tivoli System Automation Application Manager, IBM Tivoli Monitoring, and Jazz™ for Service Management, which are shipped with IBM Cloud Orchestrator Enterprise Edition.

Principal Product and Version(s)	Affected Supporting Product and Version	Affected Supporting Product Security Bulletin
IBM Cloud Orchestrator Enterprise Edition V2.5, V2.5.0.1, V2.5.0.2, V2.5.0.3	WebSphere Application Server V8.5.5 through V8.5.5.11	Security Bulletin: Denial of Service with WebSphere Application Server (CVE-2016-8919)
	IBM Business Process Manager Standard V8.5.0.1 through V8.5.6 CF2	Security Bulletin: A Security vulnerability has been identified in IBM WebSphere Application Server shipped with IBM Business Process Manager, WebSphere Process Server and WebSphere Lombardi Edition (CVE-2016-8919)
	IBM Tivoli System Automation Application Manager 4.1	Security Bulletin: A security vulnerability has been identified in WebSphere Application Server shipped with IBM Tivoli System Automation Application Manager (CVE-2016-8919)
	IBM Tivoli Monitoring 6.3.0.1 through V6.3.0.2	Security Bulletin: Multiple vulnerabilities affect IBM Tivoli Monitoring embedded WebSphere Application Server
	Jazz™ for Service Management V1.1.0.1 through V1.1.2.1	Security Bulletin: Multiple security vulnerabilities has been identified in Websphere Application Server shipped with Jazz for Service Management (CVE-2017-1121, CVE-2016-5983, CVE-2016-8919)
IBM Cloud Orchestrator Enterprise Edition V2.4, V2.4.0.1, V2.4.0.2, V2.4.0.3, V2.4.0.4	WebSphere Application Server V8.5.0.1 through V8.5.5.10	Security Bulletin: Denial of Service with WebSphere Application Server (CVE-2016-8919)
	IBM Business Process Manager Standard V8.5.0.1	Security Bulletin: A Security vulnerability has been identified in IBM WebSphere Application Server shipped with IBM Business Process Manager, WebSphere Process Server and WebSphere Lombardi Edition (CVE-2016-8919)
	IBM Tivoli System Automation Application Manager 4.1	Security Bulletin: A security vulnerability has been identified in WebSphere Application Server shipped with IBM Tivoli System Automation Application Manager (CVE-2016-8919)
	IBM Tivoli Monitoring 6.3.0.1 through V6.3.0.2	Security Bulletin: Multiple vulnerabilities affect IBM Tivoli Monitoring embedded WebSphere Application Server
	Jazz™ for Service Management V1.1.0.1 through V1.1.2.1	Security Bulletin: Multiple security vulnerabilities has been identified in Websphere Application Server shipped with Jazz for Service Management (CVE-2017-1121, CVE-2016-5983, CVE-2016-8919)
IBM Cloud Orchestrator Enterprise Edition V2.3, V2.3.0.1	IBM WebSphere Application Server V8.0, V8.0.11 IBM Business Process Manager Standard V8.5.0.1 IBM Tivoli Monitoring V6.3.0.1 Jazz™ for Service Management V1.1.0.1	Contact IBM Support

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References

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Change History

29 Sep 2017: 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.

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Security Bulletin: A security vulnerability has been identified in WebSphere Application Server shipped with IBM Cloud Orchestrator and Cloud Orchestrator Enterprise (CVE-2016-8919)