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Security Bulletin: Multiple security vulnerabilities affect IBM WebSphere Applciation Server bundled with IBM WebSphere Application Server Patterns and IBM WebSphere Application Server for Cloud

Created by Al Weiner on
Published URL:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/283337
283337

Security Bulletin


Summary

There is a potential information disclosure vulnerability in Admin Center for IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty. There is a potential for weaker than expected security when using the WebSphere Application Server Liberty profile API Discovery feature and Swagger documents. There is an XML External Entity Injection (XXE) vulnerability in the Apache Standard Taglibs that affects IBM WebSphere Application Server.

Vulnerability Details

Please consult the security bulletins for vulnerability details and information about fixes.

Affected Products and Versions

This vulnerability affects the following versions and releases of IBM WebSphere Application Server that IBM WebSphere Application Server Patterns supports

    • Version 8.5.5 Full Profile and Liberty

Remediation/Fixes

To patch an existing PureApplication Virtual System Instance, apply the patch using the PureApplication Maintainence ifix process.

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References

Complete CVSS v2 Guide
On-line Calculator v2

Complete CVSS v3 Guide
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Related Information

IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

Change History

28 June 2016: 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.

Disclaimer

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Document Information

Modified date:
15 June 2018

UID

swg21986096

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