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Security Bulletin: A Security Vulnerability affects IBM Cloud Private - IAM WebSphere Liberty (CVE-2018-1683, CVE-2018-1755)

Created by Tod Thorpe on
Published URL:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/957891
957891

Security Bulletin


Summary

A Security Vulnerability affects IBM Cloud Private - IAM WebSphere Liberty (CVE-2018-1683, CVE-2018-1755)

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:  CVE-2018-1683
DESCRIPTION: IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by the failure to encrypt ORB communication. 
CVSS Base Score: 5.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/145455 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

CVEID:  CVE-2018-1755
DESCRIPTION: IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by incorrect transport being used when Liberty is configured to use Java Authentication SPI for Containers (JASPIC). This can happen when the Application Server is configured to permit access on non-secure (http) port and using JASPIC or JSR375 authentication.
CVSS Base Score: 5.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/148597 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM Cloud Private 3.1.1, 3.1.2

Remediation/Fixes

Product defect fixes and security updates are only available for the two most recent Continuous Delivery (CD) update packages

  • IBM Cloud Private 3.2.0
  • IBM Cloud Private 3.1.2
 
For IBM Cloud Private 3.2.0
  • not affected
For IBM Cloud Private 3.1.2, apply patch:
For IBM Cloud Private, 2.1.x, 3.1.0, 3.1.1:
  • Upgrade to the latest Continuous Delivery (CD) update package, IBM Cloud Private 3.2. 
  • If required, individual product fixes can be made available between CD update packages for resolution of problems. Contact IBM support for assistance

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

9 July 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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Document Location

Worldwide

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Document Information

Modified date:
09 July 2019

UID

ibm10957891

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