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Security Bulletin: Potential vulnerability with IBM WebSphere Application Liberty

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Summary

A potential vulnerability has been identified related to IBM WebSphere Application Liberty. Refer to details for additional information.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2020-4421
DESCRIPTION:   IBM WebSphere Application Liberty 19.0.0.5 through 20.0.0.4 could allow an authenticated user using openidconnect to spoof another users identify. IBM X-Force ID: 180084.
CVSS Base score: 5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/180084 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)Version(s)
WA for ICP1.4.0, 1.4.1, 1.4.2

Remediation/Fixes

Upgrade to the latest (1.5.0) release of WA for CP4D which maintains backward compatibility with the versions listed above.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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Change History

01 Dec 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:
09 December 2020

Initial Publish date:
01 December 2020

UID

ibm16378022