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Security Bulletin: Weaker than expected security in Liberty may affect IBM Business Automation Workflow - CVE-2023-46158

Security Bulletin


Summary

WebSphere Application Server Liberty profile is shipped as a component of IBM Business Automation Workflow (Process Federation Server and User Management Service). IBM Business Automation Workflow Containers builds upon WebSphere Liberty. Information about a security vulnerability affecting IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty profile have been published in a security bulletin.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2023-46158
DESCRIPTION:   IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty 23.0.0.9 through 23.0.0.10 could provide weaker than expected security due to improper resource expiration handling. IBM X-Force ID: 268775.
CVSS Base score: 4.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/268775 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)

Affected Products and Versions

 

Affected Product(s)Version(s)Status
IBM Business Automation Workflow containers

V23.0.1-IF004
V21.0.3-IF026

affected
IBM Business Automation Workflow containers

V23.0.2
V23.0.1 - V23.0.1-IF003
V22.0.2 all fixes
V22.0.1 all fixes
V21.0.3 - V21.0.3-IF025
V21.0.2 all fixes
V20.0.0.2 all fixes
V20.0.0.1 all fixes

Not affected
IBM Business Automation Workflow traditionalV23.0.2
V23.0.1
V22.0.1 - V22.0.2
V21.0.1 - V21.0.3.1
V20.0.0.1 - V20.0.0.2
V19.0.0.1 - V19.0.0.3
affected
IBM Business Automation Workflow Enterprise Service BusV23.0.1 - V23.0.2
V22.0.2
Not affected

For earlier and unsupported versions of the products, IBM recommends upgrading to a fixed, supported version of the product.

Remediation/Fixes

 

 

Affected Product(s)Version(s)Remediation / Fix
IBM Business Automation Workflow containersV23.0.1-IF004Apply 23.0.1-IF005 or upgrade to 23.0.2
IBM Business Automation Workflow containersV21.0.3-IF026Apply 21.0.3-IF027
or upgrade to 23.0.1-IF005 or later
IBM Business Automation Workflow traditional and IBM Business Automation Workflow Enterprise Service BusV23.0.1
V21.0.3.1
Follow Security Bulletin: IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty could provide weaker than expected security (CVE-2023-46158)
IBM Business Automation Workflow traditional

V22.0.2
V22.0.1
V21.0.2
V21.0.1
V20.0.0.2
V20.0.0.1
V19.0.0.3

Upgrade to a long term support release or the latest SSCD version. See IBM Business Automation Workflow and IBM Integration Designer Software Support Lifecycle Addendum

 

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

Get Notified about Future Security Bulletins

References

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Acknowledgement

Change History

20 Dec 2023: 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 December 2023

Initial Publish date:
20 December 2023

UID

ibm17100899