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Security Bulletin: A security vulnerability has been identified in IBM WebSphere Application Server shipped with Tivoli Workload Scheduler (CVE-2015-7450)

Created by Paolo Salerno on
Published URL:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/272373
272373

Security Bulletin


Summary

IBM WebSphere Application Server is shipped as a component of Tivoli . Information about a security vulnerability affecting IBM WebSphere Application Server has been published in a security bulletin.

Vulnerability Details

Consult the security bulletin Vulnerability in Apache Commons affects IBM WebSphere Application Server (CVE-2015-7450) for vulnerability details and information about fixes.

Affected Products and Versions

Tivoli Workload Scheduler is potentially impacted by the listed vulnerability since it potentially affects secure communications between eWAS or WebSphere and subcomponents.

The affected versions are:
Tivoli Workload Scheduler Distributed 8.6.0
Tivoli Dynamic Workload Console 8.6.0
Tivoli Workload Scheduler z/OS Connector 8.6.0
Tivoli Workload Scheduler Distributed 9.1.0
Tivoli Dynamic Workload Console 9.1.0
Tivoli Workload Scheduler Distributed 9.2.0
Tivoli Dynamic Workload Console 9.2.0
Tivoli Workload Scheduler Distributed 9.3.0
Tivoli Dynamic Workload Console 9.3.0

Remediation/Fixes

IBM has provided patches for all embedded WebSphere or WebSphere affected versions. Follow the instructions in the link below to install the fixes for TWS 9.1, 9.2 and 9.3 :

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21970575

The fixes can be applied on top of TWS version 8.6 only after the following security bulletin has been applied to upgrade the version of embedded WebSphere to the latest level

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21700706

For unsupported versions, releases or platforms IBM recommends upgrading to a fixed, supported version/release/platform of the product.

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References

Complete CVSS v2 Guide
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Related Information

IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

Change History

25 November 2015 : Original Copy 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

Review the IBM security bulletin disclaimer and definitions regarding your responsibilities for assessing potential impact of security vulnerabilities to your environment.

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Document Information

Modified date:
17 June 2018

UID

swg21971370

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