Security Bulletin
Summary
There is a potential directory traversal vulnerability in the Admin Console for WebSphere Application Server shipped with Tivoli Integrated Portal.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2018-1770
DESCRIPTION: IBM WebSphere Application Server could allow a remote attacker to traverse directories on the system. An attacker could send a specially-crafted URL request containing "dot dot" sequences (/../) to view arbitrary files on the system.
CVSS Base Score: 6.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/148686 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)
Affected Products and Versions
Tivoli Integrated Portal version 2.1.0 - 2.1.0.5
Tivoli Integrated Portal version 2.2.0.0 - 2.2.0.19
Remediation/Fixes
| Principal Product and Version(s) | Affected Supporting Product and Version | Affected Supporting Product Security Bulletin |
| Tivoli Integrated Portal version
2.1.0 - 2.1.0.5 2.2.0 - 2.2.0.17 |
embedded WebSphere Application Server version 7.0.x | Potential traversal vulnerability in IBM WebSphere Application Server Admin Console (CVE-2018-1770) |
The WebSphere security bulletin above provides a link to the required iFix to remediate the vulnerability. However, the iFix requires either eWAS 7.0.0.31 or higher installed.
TIP does not support upgrading WebSphere fixpack independently. TIP fixpack 2.2.0.15 or 2.2.0.17 or 2.2.0.19 must be applied which will upgrade eWAS to 7.0.0.31 and above. Once one of these TIP fixpacks has been applied, the WebSphere iFix can be applied as described in the WebSphere bulletin.
Workarounds and Mitigations
Please refer to WAS iFix as described above
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References
Acknowledgement
The vulnerability was reported to IBM by Jacob Baines
Change History
31-Oct-2018: Original version published
*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 Information
Modified date:
31 October 2018
UID
ibm10737839