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Security Bulletin: Information Disclosure in tWAS and Liberty in IBM Content Collector for Email

Created by Atul Jaysingpure on
Published URL:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/554099
554099

Security Bulletin


Summary

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-2016-5986
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 Content Collector for Email v3.0
IBM Content Collector for Email v4.0
IBM Content Collector for Email v4.0.1

Remediation/Fixes

Product

VRMRemediation
IBM Content Collector for Email 3.0Use Content Collector for IBM Content Collector for Email 4.0.0.3 Interim Fix 005 available at https://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/
IBM Content Collector for Email 4.0Use Content Collector for IBM Content Collector for Email 4.0.0.3 Interim Fix 005 available at https://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/
IBM Content Collector for Email 4.0.1,
4.0.1.1,
4.0.1.2,
4.0.1.3		Use Content Collector for IBM Content Collector for Email 4.0.1.3 Interim Fix 001 available at https://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/
IBM Content Collector for Email 4.0.1.4Use Content Collector for IBM Content Collector for Email 4.0.1.4 Interim Fix 001 available at https://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/

Workarounds and Mitigations

NA

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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

January 31, 2017 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

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

swg21992042

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