Security Bulletin: Multiple security vulnerabilities have been identified in IBM WebSphere Application Server shipped with IBM PureApplication System

Security Bulletin

Summary

IBM WebSphere Application Server patterns are shipped as a component of IBM PureApplication System. Information about security vulnerabilities affecting IBM WebSphere Application Server has been published in security bulletins (CVE-2016-0377, CVE-2016-0385, CVE-2016-2960, CVE-2016-0718, CVE-2016-3092, CVE-2016-5986, CVE-2016-5983, CVE-2016-3485).

Vulnerability Details

Consult the security bulletin

· Security Bulletin: Information Disclosure in IBM WebSphere Application Server (CVE-2016-0377)

· Security Bulletin: Bypass security restrictions in WebSphere Application Server (CVE-2016-0385)

· Security Bulletin: Potential denial of service with SIP Services (CVE-2016-2960)

· Security Bulletin: Multiple Denial of Service vulnerabilities with Expat may affect IBM HTTP Server (CVE-2016-0718)

· Security Bulletin: Apache Commons FileUpload Vulnerability affects WebSphere Application Server (CVE-2016-3092)

· Security Bulletin: Potential Information Disclosure vulnerability in WebSphere Application Server (CVE-2016-5986)

· Security Bulletin: Code execution vulnerability in WebSphere Application Server (CVE-2016-5983)

· Security Bulletin: Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM® Java SDK affect WebSphere Application Server July 2016 CPU (CVE-2016-3485)

for vulnerability details and information about fixes.

The WebSphere fixes can be installed using the IBM PureApplication System’s Installation Manager Repository feature.

Affected Products and Versions

Principal Product and Version(s)	Affected Supporting Product and Version
PureApplication System versions 2.1, and 2.2	IBM WebSphere Application Server 7.0.0.0 IBM WebSphere Application Server 8.0.0.0 IBM WebSphere Application Server 8.5.0.0 IBM WebSphere Application Server 8.5.5.0

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

Complete CVSS v2 Guide
On-line Calculator v2

Complete CVSS v3 Guide
On-line Calculator v3

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Acknowledgement

CVE-2016-5983 reported to IBM by Federico Dotta and Maurizio Agazzini at Mediaservice.net S.r.l.

Change History

2016-10-03: 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

Review the IBM security bulletin disclaimer and definitions regarding your responsibilities for assessing potential impact of security vulnerabilities to your environment.

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Security Bulletin: Multiple security vulnerabilities have been identified in IBM WebSphere Application Server shipped with IBM PureApplication System