Security Bulletin: IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty Profile vulnerability affects IBM Tivoli Application Dependency Discovery Manager (TADDM) (CVE-2015-1885)

Security Bulletin

Summary

WebSphere Application Server Liberty Profile that is embedded in TADDM could allow a remote attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system when OAuth grant type of password is used.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2015-1885
DESCRIPTION: WebSphere Application Server Full Profile and Liberty Profile could allow a remote attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system caused when OAuth grant type of password is used.
CVSS Base Score: 9.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/101255 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

Affected Products and Versions

TADDM 7.3.0.1

Remediation/Fixes

The solution is to upgrade WebSphere Application Server Liberty Profile to 8.5.5.5.

There is an eFix prepared on top of TADDM 7.3.0 FixPack 1.

Fix	VRMF	APAR	How to acquire fix
efix_wlp8555_FP120150320.zip	7.3.0.1	None	Download eFix

Please get familiar with eFix readme in etc/<efix_name>_readme.txt
Note that the eFix requires manual deletion of the external/wlp directory.

If you need an eFix for TADDM 7.3.0.1 with already applied other eFixes, please contact IBM Support. Open a PMR for a custom version of this eFix. Include your current eFix level, TADDM version, and a link to this bulletin.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

Complete CVSS v2 Guide
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Change History

17 August 2015: 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.

Disclaimer

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Security Bulletin: IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty Profile vulnerability affects IBM Tivoli Application Dependency Discovery Manager (TADDM) (CVE-2015-1885)