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Security Bulletin: WebSphere liberty is vulnerable to a DOS (CVE-2019-4720)

Security Bulletin


Summary

IBM MobileFirst Platform Foundation has addressed the following vulnerability: WebSphere liberty is vulnerable to a DOS

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 MobileFirst Foundation8.0.0.0 - ICP, IKS or using the scripts (BYOL), OCP/ICPA

Remediation/Fixes

Product  VRMF               Remediation/First Fix
IBM MobileFirst Platform Foundation8.0.0.0Download the iFix from IBM MobileFirst Platform Foundation on FixCentral
 

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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Change History

06 May 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.

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Document Location

Worldwide

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Document Information

Modified date:
31 May 2020

UID

ibm16218304