Security Bulletin: A security vulnerabilities have been identified in IBM WebSphere Application Server shipped with IBM Security Directory Server (CVE-2020-4589 and CVE-2020-4365)

Security Bulletin

Summary

IBM WebSphere Application Server (WAS) is shipped with IBM Security Directory Server (ISDS). Information about security vulnerabilitities affecting IBM WebSphere Application Server has been published in security bulletin.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2020-4365
DESCRIPTION: IBM WebSphere Application Server 8.5 is vulnerable to server-side request forgery. By sending a specially crafted request, a remote authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain sensitive data. IBM X-Force ID: 178964.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/178964 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)

CVEID: CVE-2020-4589
DESCRIPTION: IBM WebSphere Application Server 7.0, 8.0, 8.5, and 9.0 could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system with a specially-crafted sequence of serialized objects from untrusted sources. IBM X-Force ID: 184585.
CVSS Base score: 8.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/184585 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)	Version(s)
SDS	6.4.0

Remediation/Fixes

Affected Product / Version	Affected Supporting Product and Version(s)	Fix availability
IBM Security Directory Server 6.4.0	WAS 8.5	Security Bulletin: WebSphere Application Server traditional is vulnerable to a remote code execution vulnerability (CVE-2020-4589) Security Bulletin: WebSphere Application Server traditional is vulnerable to a server-side request forgery vulnerability(CVE-2020-4365)

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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Change History

16 Mar 2021: 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:
23 March 2021

Initial Publish date:
16 March 2021

UID

ibm16435247

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Security Bulletin: A security vulnerabilities have been identified in IBM WebSphere Application Server shipped with IBM Security Directory Server (CVE-2020-4589 and CVE-2020-4365)