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Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in IBM WebSphere Liberty Profile affects IBM Spectrum Symphony and IBM Platform Symphony

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Summary

Vulnerability CVE-2019-4720 exists in IBM WebSphere Liberty Profile used by IBM Spectrum Symphony 7.3.0.1, 7.3, 7.2.1, 7.2.0.2 and 7.1.2, and IBM Platform Symphony 7.1.1. Interim fixes that provide instructions on upgrading the IBM WebSphere Liberty Profile package to version 20.0.0.3 are available on IBM Fix Central.

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 ProductsVersions
IBM Spectrum Symphony7.3.0.1
IBM Spectrum Symphony7.3
IBM Spectrum Symphony7.2.1
IBM Spectrum Symphony7.2.0.2
IBM Spectrum Symphony7.1.2
IBM Platform Symphony7.1.1

Remediation/Fixes

ProductsVRMFAPAR Remediation/First Fix
IBM Spectrum Symphony7.3.0.1P103512sym-7.3.0.1-build545449
IBM Spectrum Symphony7.3P103511sym-7.3-build545448
IBM Spectrum Symphony7.2.1P103510sym-7.2.1-build545447
IBM Spectrum Symphony7.2.0.2P103509sym-7.2.0.2-build545446
IBM Spectrum Symphony7.1.2P103508sym-7.1.2-build545445
IBM Platform Symphony7.1.1P103507sym-7.1.1-build545444

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

Change History

22 Apr 2020: Initial Publication

*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

Initial Publish date:
22 April 2020

UID

ibm16195842

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