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Security Bulletin: Vulnerabilities in WebSphere Liberty Profile affect IBM InfoSphere Global Name Management (CVE-2020-5258, CVE-2020-4590, CVE-2020-4421)

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Summary

There are multiple vulnerabilities in the WebSphere Liberty Profile used in IBM InfoSphere Global Name Management (GNM).

Vulnerability Details

Refer to the security bulletin(s) listed in the Remediation/Fixes section

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)Version(s)
IBM InfoSphere Global Name Management6.0
IBM InfoSphere Global Name Management7.0

Note that CVE-2020-4590 and CVE-2020-4421 do not affect GNM as normally installed. They would only apply if the customer chose to manually modify their WebSphere Liberty configuration to enable and use the oauth-2.0 and/or openid connect feature, which is not a common modification. Only CVE-2020-5258 affects GNM as normally installed.


Remediation/Fixes

Per the original bulletins for CVE-2020-5258, CVE-2020-4590, and CVE-2020-4421, all three vulnerabilities can be resolved by upgrading WebSphere Liberty Profile.

  • For basic GNM (the regular version used by most customers) versions 6 and 7, upgrade to WebSphere Liberty Profile version 21.0.0.10 or later, available at IBM Fix Central.
  • For GNM version 6 Enterprise Name Search (a separate installation which does not apply to most customers), update using the files and instructions in GNM 6 interim fix 11, available at IBM Fix Central.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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Change History

15 Sep 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:
20 April 2022

Initial Publish date:
15 September 2021

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ibm16489497