Security Bulletin
Summary
There is a denial of service and Networking security vulnerabilities in WebSphere Application Server.
Vulnerability Details
DESCRIPTION: IBM WebSphere Application Server is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by sending a specially-crafted request. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the server to consume all available memory.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/172125 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
DESCRIPTION: IBM WebSphere Application Server, under specialized conditions, could allow an authenticated user to create a maliciously crafted file name which would be misinterpreted as jsp content and executed.
CVSS Base score: 6.6
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/174397 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Affected Products and Versions
To resolve these vulnerabilities, install one of the fixes listed below.
| Product | VRMF | APAR | Remediation/First Fix |
| IBM Content Foundation on Cloud |
5.5.3
5.5.4 |
PJ46065 PJ46065 |
5.5.3.0-P8CPE-IF003 - 7/16/2020 |
Workarounds and Mitigations
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References
Change History
21 July 2020: Initial release
*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:
14 July 2021
UID
ibm11581579