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Security Bulletin: A vulnerability in IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty affects IBM Spectrum Scale packaged in IBM Elastic Storage System 3000(CVE-2019-4720)

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Published URL:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6192891
6192891

Security Bulletin


Summary

There is a vulnerability in IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty, used by IBM Elastic Storage System 3000, which could allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2019-4720
DESCRIPTION:   IBM WebSphere Application Server 7.0, 8.0, 8.5, and 9.0 is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by sending a specially-crafted request. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the server to consume all available memory. IBM X-Force ID: 172125.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/172125 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)Version(s)
IBM Elastic Storage System 30006.0.0 through 6.0.0.1

Remediation/Fixes

For IBM Elastic Storage System 3000 V6.0.0 thru 6.0.0.1, apply V6.0.0.2 available from FixCentral at:

https://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=Software%20defined%20storage&product=ibm/StorageSoftware/IBM+Elastic+Storage+Server+(ESS)&release=6.0.0&platform=All&function=all

If you are unable to upgrade to ESS 3000 V6.0.0.2, contact IBM Service to obtain an efix:

- For IBM Elastic Storage System 6.0.0 - 6.0.0.1, reference APAR IJ24119

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

Complete CVSS v3 Guide
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Related Information

IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

Acknowledgement

Change History

22 Apr 2020: Final 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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Document Location

Worldwide

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Document Information

Modified date:
22 April 2020

UID

ibm16192891

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