Security Bulletin
Summary
Two vulnerabilities have been found in WAS Liberty, which is shipped in IBM Transforation Extender Advanced and IBM Standards Processing Engine.
IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information caused by improper handling of exceptions when a default error page does not exist.
IBM WebSphere Application Server and IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by the improper handling of responses under certain conditions. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to gain server identification information.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2016-0378
DESCRIPTION: IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information caused by improper handling of exceptions when a default error page does not exist.
CVSS Base Score: 3.7
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/112240 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)
CVEID: CVE-2016-5986
DESCRIPTION: IBM WebSphere Application Server and IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by the improper handling of responses under certain conditions. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to gain server identification information.
CVSS Base Score: 3.7
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/116556 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)
Affected Products and Versions
IBM Standards Processing Engine version 8.5.1.2 (common component 2.0.1.2) and IBM Transformation Extender Advanced releases prior to version 9.0.0.4.
Remediation/Fixes
Fixes posted to Fix Central.
| Product | Version | Fix |
| IBM Standards Processing Engine | Common component 2.0.1.3 | https://www-945.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=ibm~Other%20software&product=ibm/Other+software/Standards+Processing+Engine&release=2.0.1.3&platform=All&function=all |
| IBM Transformation Extender Advanced | 9.0.0.4 | https://www-945.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=ibm~Other%20software&product=ibm/Other+software/Standards+Processing+Engine&release=9.0.0.4&platform=All&function=all |
Workarounds and Mitigations
None.
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References
Change History
1/27/17 - 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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Document Information
Modified date:
15 May 2022
UID
swg21997723