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Security Bulletin: Information disclosure vulnerability in WebSphere Application Server Liberty

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Summary

This security bulletin addresses the Information Disclosure vulnerability that has been found to impact Websphere Liberty in IBM Tivoli Application Dependency Discovery Manager.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2020-4329
DESCRIPTION:   IBM WebSphere Application Server 7.0, 8.0, 8.5, 9.0 and Liberty 17.0.0.3 through 20.0.0.4 could allow a remote, authenticated attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by improper parameter checking. This could be exploited to conduct spoofing attacks. IBM X-Force ID: 177841.
CVSS Base score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/177841 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s) Version(s)
IBM Tivoli Application Dependency Discovery Manager 7.3.0.3 - 7.3.0.7

Remediation/Fixes

 
Fix VRMF APAR How to acquire fix
efix_WLP_PSIRT_20005_FP5180802.zip          7.3.0.5 None      Download eFix
efix_WLP_PSIRT_20005_FP6190313.zip 7.3.0.6 None Download eFix
efix_WLP_PSIRT_20005_FP7200218.zip 7.3.0.7       None Download eFix 
Note:
Before TADDM 7.3.0.5, Java 7 was used and the upgraded Liberty version 20.0.0.5 requires Java8. Hence, no eFix can be provided for versions before 7.3.0.5.

Workarounds and Mitigations

For customers on TADDM FixPack 3 or FixPack 4, recommendation is to upgrade to a later version and then follow the steps mentioned above.

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References

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Change History

18 Aug 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:
15 December 2020

UID

ibm16262861