Security Bulletin
Summary
There are multiple vulnerabilities in the IBM® WebSphere Application Server Liberty used by IBM LKS Administration and Reporting Tool and its Agent. A fix has been identified and is being published here.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2021-26296
DESCRIPTION: Apache MyFaces is vulnerable to cross-site request forgery, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input. By persuading an authenticated user to visit a malicious Web site, a remote attacker could send a malformed HTTP request to perform unauthorized actions. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to perform cross-site scripting attacks, Web cache poisoning, and other malicious activities.
CVSS Base score: 8.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/197017 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
CVEID: CVE-2020-5258
DESCRIPTION: Dojo dojo could allow a remote attacker to inject arbitrary code on the system, caused by a prototype pollution flaw. By injecting other values, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to overwrite, or pollute, a JavaScript application object prototype of the base object.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/177751 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N)
Affected Products and Versions
| Affected Product(s) | Version(s) |
| IBM Common Licensing | Agent 9.0 |
| IBM Common Licensing | ART 9.0 |
Remediation/Fixes
Apply the fix titled IBM_LKS_Administration_And_Reporting_Tool_And_Agent_90_WLP_iFix_1. The instructions for the same are as follows.
1). Download the fix titled IBM_LKS_Administration_And_Reporting_Tool_And_Agent_90_WLP_iFix_1 from Fix Central. Choose a ZIP appropriate for your target platform.
2). Stop the ART/Agent.
3). Navigate to the folder <Installation Location>/LKSAdmin for the ART and <Installation Location>/LKSAdminAgent for the Agent.
4). Rename the folder called wlp to wlp_old.
5). Unzip the fix into this folder. A new wlp folder would appear.
6). Replace the file wlp/etc/server.env with wlp_old/etc/server.env.
7). Start ART/Agent.
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Acknowledgement
Change History
13 Jul 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:
30 July 2021
Initial Publish date:
13 July 2021
UID
ibm16471953