Assessing WebSphere vulnerabilities

IBM Concert continuously evaluates registered WebSphere servers against vulnerability advisory data to identify known vulnerabilities and affected components.

Before you begin

Ensure that:
  • The Websphere_Advisory_Workflow and Websphere_Assessment_Workflow are configured and scheduled.
  • WebSphere servers are registered in Concert.
  • The Websphere_Advisory_Workflow is successfully ingesting vulnerability advisory data.

Procedure

  1. In IBM Concert, go to Vulnerability.
  2. Review the detected vulnerabilities for your WebSphere environments.
  3. Select a vulnerability to view additional details.
    For each vulnerability, you can view:
    • Severity and risk level
    • CVSS score
    • Vulnerability description
    • Affected product versions
    • Available fixes
    • Associated WebSphere servers and components
  4. Review the vulnerability blast radius to identify affected servers and impacted components across your environment.

Results

After assessment:
  • Vulnerabilities are mapped to affected WebSphere servers.
  • Impacted components are identified.
  • Recommended fixes are identified and associated with affected servers when supported remediation is available.
  • Remediation actions are created automatically for vulnerabilities that have supported fixes.

What to do next