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Security Bulletin: A security vulnerability has been identified in IBM WebSphere Application Server shipped with IBM Integrated Information Core (CVE-2016-5986)

Created by Mary Dwyer on
Published URL:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/552099
552099

Security Bulletin


Summary

IBM WebSphere Application Server is shipped as a component of IBM Integrated Information Core. Oracle released the July 2016 critical patch updates which contain multiple fixes for security vulnerabilities in the IBM Java Development Kit that is included with IBM WebSphere Application Server.

Vulnerability Details

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

Principal Product and Version(s)

Affected Supporting Product and Version
IBM Integrated Information Core V1.5, V1.5.0.1 and V1.5.0.2IBM WebSphere Application Server V7.0

Remediation/Fixes

Consult the security bulletin: Potential Information Disclosure vulnerability in WebSphere Application Server (CVE-2016-5986) for vulnerability details and information about fixes.

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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

*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

swg21990678

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