Security Bulletin
Summary
An Information disclosure vulnerability was addressed by IBM InfoSphere Information Server.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2019-4615
DESCRIPTION: IBM InfoSphere Information Server displays sensitive information in version numbers of installed software that could aid a remote attacker in further attacks against the system.
CVSS Base Score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/168641 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)
DESCRIPTION: IBM InfoSphere Information Server displays sensitive information in version numbers of installed software that could aid a remote attacker in further attacks against the system.
CVSS Base Score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/168641 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)
Affected Products and Versions
The following products, running on all supported platforms, are affected:
IBM InfoSphere Information Server: version 11.7
IBM InfoSphere Information Server on Cloud: version 11.7
IBM InfoSphere Information Server: version 11.7
IBM InfoSphere Information Server on Cloud: version 11.7
Remediation/Fixes
Update your configuration by issuing the following command on the Microservices tier master node:
kubectl patch cm -n kube-system ingress-nginx-configuration --type=merge -p '{"data":{"server-tokens":"false"}}'
On the Information Server host system, you can disable the X-Powered-By flag in the WebSphere Administration console:
1. Go to Servers > Server Types > WebSphere application servers > server_name > Web Container Settings > Web container
1. Go to Servers > Server Types > WebSphere application servers > server_name > Web Container Settings > Web container
2. Under Additional Properties, select Custom Properties
3. On the Custom Properties page, click New
4. On the Settings page
4. On the Settings page
a. create a custom property named com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.disablexPoweredBy
b. set the value for the property to true
c. Click Apply or OK
5. Click Save on the console task bar to save your configuration changes
6. Restart the server
For additional information, see https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6587569.
b. set the value for the property to true
c. Click Apply or OK
5. Click Save on the console task bar to save your configuration changes
6. Restart the server
For additional information, see https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6587569.
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Change History
11 October 2019: Original version published
24 August 2022: com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.disablexPoweredBy should be set to true
*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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Internal Use Only
144139
Document Location
Worldwide
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Document Information
Modified date:
25 August 2022
UID
ibm11085559