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Security Bulletin: Information Disclosure in IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty affects IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot for VMware (CVE-2018-1553)

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Published URL:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/739451
739451

Security Bulletin


Summary

Information disclosure vulnerability in IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty affects IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot (formerly Tivoli Storage FlashCopy Manager) for VMware.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2018-1553
DESCRIPTION: IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by mishandling of exceptions by the SAML Web SSO feature.
CVSS Base Score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/142890 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

The following levels of IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot (formerly Tivoli Storage FlashCopy Manager) for VMware are affected:

  • 4.1.0.0 through 4.1.6.5

Remediation/Fixes

IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot for VMware Release First Fixing VRMF Level Platform Link to Fix
4.1 4.1.6.6 Linux ftp://public.dhe.ibm.com/storage/tivoli-storage-flashcopymanager/patches/v4r1/vmware/v4166/

 

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

Complete CVSS v3 Guide
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Related Information

IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

Change History

18 November 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.

Disclaimer

Review the IBM security bulletin disclaimer and definitions regarding your responsibilities for assessing potential impact of security vulnerabilities to your environment.

Internal Use Only

Advisory 11830 Record 122226

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Document Information

Modified date:
01 February 2022

UID

ibm10739451

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