Security Bulletin
Summary
WebSphere Application Server is vulnerable to a directory traversal vulnerability. By providing required fixes for vulnerability affecting WebSphere Application Server has been published in the security bulletin.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2020-5016
DESCRIPTION: IBM WebSphere Application Server 7.0, 8.0, 8.5, and 9.0 could allow a remote attacker to traverse directories on the system. When application security is disabled and JAX-RPC applications are present, an attacker could send a specially-crafted URL request containing "dot dot" sequences (/../) to view arbitrary xml files on the system. This does not occur if Application security is enabled. IBM X-Force ID: 193556.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/193556 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)
Affected Products and Versions
| Affected Product(s) | Version(s) |
| IBM Tivoli System Automation Application Manager | 4.1 |
Remediation/Fixes
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Change History
19 Mar 2021: Final 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:
19 March 2021
UID
ibm16434125