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Security Bulletin: IBM Integration Bus & IBM App Connect Enterprise are affected by a Websphere Application Server Vulnerability (CVE-2018-1996)

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Summary

IBM Integration Bus and IBM App Connect Enterprise are affected by a WebSphere Application Server vulnerability which was reported and has been addressed. Vulnerability details are listed below

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2018-1996
DESCRIPTION:   IBM WebSphere Application Server 7.0, 8.0, 8.5, and 9.0 could provide weaker than expected security, caused by the improper TLS configuration. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain sensitive information using man in the middle techniques. IBM X-Force ID: 154650.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/154650 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

 

IBM App Connect Enterprise  V11.0.0.0 - V11.0.0.5

IBM Integration Bus V10.0.0.0 - V10.0.0.17

IBM Integration Bus V9.0.0.0 - V9.0.0.11

 


Remediation/Fixes

ProductVRMFAPARRemediation/Fixes
IBM App ConnectV11.0.0.0-V11.0.0.6IT30353
The APAR is available in fix pack 11.0.0.6
IBM Integration BusV10.0.0.0 - V10.0.0.17IT30353
The APAR is available in fix pack 10.0.0.18
 
IBM Integration BusV9.0.0.0 - V9.0.0.11IT30353Contact IBM support to request for Fix APAR
IBM Integration Bus v9  is  no longer in full support;IBM recommends upgrading to a fixed, supported version/release/platform of the product.

If you are a customer with extended support and require a fix, contact IBM support

 

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

09 Dec 2019: 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.

Disclaimer

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Document Location

Worldwide

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Document Information

Modified date:
23 March 2020

UID

ibm11127589

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