Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty may affect IBM Spectrum Protect for Workstations Central Administration Console (CVE-2021-39031)

Security Bulletin

Summary

IBM Spectrum Protect for Workstations Central Administration Console requires the dependent product IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty. Information about a security vulnerability affecting IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty has been published in a security bulletin. Refer to the security bulletin link proviced in the Remediation/Fixes section.

Vulnerability Details

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

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)	Version(s)
IBM Spectrum Protect for Workstations Central Administration Console	8.1.0.0-8.1.2.x

Remediation/Fixes

Upgrading Liberty to 22.0.0.2 or later fixes the security issue (CVE-2021-39031) reported by the following IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty security bulletin:

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6550488

To upgrade the version of Liberty used by Central Administration Console (CAC) perform the following steps:

1. Download the Liberty update, (e.g., wlp-base-all-22.0.0.2.jar or later) from:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/22002-websphere-application-server-liberty-22002

2. Change the jar file to a zip file (e.g., change wlp-base-all-22.0.0.2.jar to wlp-base-all-22.0.0.2.zip or later)

3. Run net stop CAC_Service

4. Unzip the file (e.g., unizip wlp-base-all-22.0.0.2.zip)

5. Copy the wlp folder into the CAC install directory, typically C:\Program Files\Tivoli\TSM\CAC

6. Run net start CAC_Service

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

Complete CVSS v3 Guide
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Change History

26 April 2022: 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

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Document Information

Modified date:
26 April 2022

Initial Publish date:
26 April 2022

UID

ibm16575159

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Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty may affect IBM Spectrum Protect for Workstations Central Administration Console (CVE-2021-39031)