Security Bulletin
Summary
There is a vulnerability in Apache Commons Beanutils that is used by WebSphere Application Server in IBM Cloud.
Vulnerability Details
DESCRIPTION: In Apache Commons Beanutils 1.9.2, a special BeanIntrospector class was added which allows suppressing the ability for an attacker to access the classloader via the class property available on all Java objects. We, however were not using this by default characteristic of the PropertyUtilsBean.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/166353 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)
Affected Products and Versions
This vulnerability affect the following versions and releases of WebSphere Application Server and bundling products.
- 9.0
- 8.5
Remediation/Fixes
Workarounds and Mitigations
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References
Change History
06 Feb 2020: Initial Publication
*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 Location
Worldwide
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Document Information
Modified date:
06 February 2020
UID
ibm11489029