Security Bulletin
Summary
A security vulnerability, related to Apache Commons Compress library, has been found 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-2021-36090
DESCRIPTION: Apache Commons Compress is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an out-of-memory error when large amounts of memory are allocated. By reading a specially-crafted ZIP archive, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service condition against services that use Compress' zip package.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/205310 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
Affected Products and Versions
| Affected Product(s) | Version(s) |
| IBM Common Licensing | Agent 9.0 |
| IBM Common Licensing | ART 9.0 |
Remediation/Fixes
Upgrade to the latest ART/Agent 9.0 iFix 5 from Fix Central.
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Change History
26 Nov 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:
29 November 2021
Initial Publish date:
26 November 2021
UID
ibm16519948