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Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in Apache CXF affects WebSphere Application Server Liberty (CVE-2019-12406)

Security Bulletin


Summary

IBM MobileFirst Platform Foundation has addressed the following vulnerability: Vulnerability in Apache CXF affects WebSphere Application Server Liberty

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2019-12406
DESCRIPTION:   Apache CXF is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by the failure to restrict the number of message attachments present in a given message. By sending a specially-crafted message containing an overly large number of message attachments, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service condition.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/170974 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

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

27 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:
01 June 2020

UID

ibm16218312