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

Security Bulletin

Summary

Information disclosure vulnerability in IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty affects IBM Spectrum Protect (formerly Tivoli Storage Mangaer) for Virtual Environments.

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 (formerly Tivoli Storage Manager) for Virtual Environments: Data Protection for VMware are affected:

8.1.0.0 through 8.1.6.0
7.1.0.0 through 7.1.8.3

The following levels of IBM Spectrum Protect (formerly Tivoli Storage Manager) for Virtual Environments: Data Protection for Hyper-V are affected:

8.1.4.0 through 8.1.6.0

Remediation/Fixes

*Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments: Data Protection for VMware Release*	*Fixing VRM Level*	*Platform*	*Link to Fix / Fix Availability Target*
8.1	8.1.6.1	Linux Windows	http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10739257
7.1	7.1.8.4	Linux Windows	https://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg24044553

*IBM Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments: Data Protection for Hyper-V Release*	*Fixing VRM Level*	*Platform*	*Link to Fix / Fix Availability Target*
8.1	8.1.6.1	Windows	http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10739263

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

Complete CVSS v3 Guide
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Change History

08 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.

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Advisory 11830 Records 117516 and 119320

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