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Security Bulletin: Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Websphere Application Server affect the IBM Performance Management product

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Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Websphere Application Server - Liberty could allow a remote attacker to exploit them to cause a denial of service condition against services that use Compress' zip package. IBM Performance Management has addressed the applicable CVEs.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2021-35517
DESCRIPTION:   Apache Commons Compress is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an out of memory error when allocating large amounts of memory. By persuading a victim to open a specially-crafted TAR archive, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service condition against services that use Compress' tar package.
CVSS Base score: 5.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/205307 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

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 Cloud APM, Base Private8.1.4
IBM Cloud APM, Advanced Private8.1.4
IBM Cloud APM8.1.4

Remediation/Fixes

IBM Cloud Application Performance Management, Base Private

IBM Cloud Application Performance Management, Advanced Private
8.1.4 The vulnerability can be remediated by applying the following 8.1.4.0-IBM-APM-SERVER-IF0012 or later server patch to the system where the Cloud APM server is installed: https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6456351

The vulnerability can be remediated by applying the following 8.1.4.0-IBM-APM-GATEWAY-IF0010 or later Hybrid Gateway patch to the system where the Hybrid Gateway is installed: https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6520908

IBM Cloud Application Performance Management

N/A

The vulnerability can be remediated by applying the following 8.1.4.0-IBM-APM-GATEWAY-IF0010 or later Hybrid Gateway patch to the system where the Hybrid Gateway is installed: https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6520908

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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Change History

07 Dec 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:
17 December 2021

UID

ibm16528202