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Security Bulletin: A security vulnerability has been identified in IBM WebSphere Application Server shipped with Tivoli Business Service Manager (CVE-2020-4949)

Security Bulletin


Summary

IBM WebSphere Application Server is shipped with IBM Tivoli Business Service Manager. Information about a security vulnerability affecting IBM WebSphere Application Server has been published in a security bulletin.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2020-4949
DESCRIPTION:   IBM WebSphere Application Server 7.0, 8.0, 8.5, and 9.0 is vulnerable to an XML External Entity Injection (XXE) attack when processing XML data. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to expose sensitive information or consume memory resources. IBM X-Force ID: 192025.
CVSS Base score: 8.2
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/192025 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L)

Affected Products and Versions

Principal Product and Version(s)Affected Supporting Product and Version
IBM Tivoli Business Service Manager 6.2IBM WebSphere Application Server 8.5

Remediation/Fixes

Principal Product and Version(s)Affected Supporting Product and Version
IBM Tivoli Business Service Manager 6.2For IBM WebSphere Application Server V8.5.0.0 through 8.5.5.18:
  • Upgrade to minimal fix pack levels as required by interim fix and then apply Interim Fix PH31727
  • Apply Fix Pack 8.5.5.19 or later.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

Complete CVSS v3 Guide
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Related Information

IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

Change History

05 Feb 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.

Disclaimer

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Document Location

Worldwide

[{"Business Unit":{"code":"BU053","label":"Cloud & Data Platform"},"Product":{"code":"SSSPFK","label":"Tivoli Business Service Manager"},"Component":"","Platform":[{"code":"PF002","label":"AIX"},{"code":"PF016","label":"Linux"},{"code":"PF033","label":"Windows"}],"Version":"6.2.0","Edition":"All Editions","Line of Business":{"code":"LOB45","label":"Automation"}}]

Document Information

Modified date:
26 March 2021

Initial Publish date:
05 February 2021

UID

ibm16436749

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