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Security Bulletin: Security Vulnerability in WebSphere Application Server Liberty Profile affects IBM License Key Server Administration and Reporting Tool and Agent (CVE-2018-1901)

Created by Pankaj Dwivedi on
Published URL:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/886679
886679

Security Bulletin


Summary

A vulnerability in WebSphere Application Server Liberty Profile which is used and shipped by different versions of IBM License Key Server Administration and Reporting Tool (ART) and Agent has been published.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2018-1901
DESCRIPTION: IBM WebSphere Application Server could allow a remote attacker to temporarily gain elevated privileges on the system, caused by incorrect cached value being used.
CVSS Base Score: 5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/152530 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)

Affected Products and Versions

  • IBM LKS Administration and Reporting Tool version 8.1.5
  • IBM LKS Administration and Reporting Tool version 8.1.5.1
  • IBM LKS Administration and Reporting Tool version 8.1.5.2
  • IBM LKS Administration and Reporting Tool version 8.1.5.3
  • IBM LKS Administration and Reporting Tool version 8.1.5.4
  • IBM LKS Administration and Reporting Tool version 8.1.5.5
  • IBM LKS Administration and Reporting Tool version 8.1.5.6
  • IBM LKS Administration and Reporting Tool version 8.1.6
 
  • IBM LKS Administration and Reporting Agent version 8.1.5
  • IBM LKS Administration and Reporting Agent version 8.1.5.1
  • IBM LKS Administration and Reporting Agent version 8.1.5.2
  • IBM LKS Administration and Reporting Agent version 8.1.5.3
  • IBM LKS Administration and Reporting Agent version 8.1.5.4
  • IBM LKS Administration and Reporting Agent version 8.1.5.5
  • IBM LKS Administration and Reporting Agent version 8.1.5.6
  • IBM LKS Administration and Reporting Agent version 8.1.6

Remediation/Fixes

Upgrade both the IBM LKS Administration and Reporting Tool and Agent to the version 8.1.6 or later. It is available here.

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

6 June 2019: 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

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Internal Use Only

Advisory ID : 13768; Product Record ID : 127817

Document Location

Worldwide

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Document Information

Modified date:
06 June 2019

UID

ibm10886679

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