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Security Bulletin: A vulnerability (CVE-2021-39028) in WebSphere Application Server Liberty affects IBM TXSeries for Multiplatforms

Security Bulletin


Summary

WebSphere Application Server Liberty is used by IBM TXSeries for Multiplatforms to provide a web based administration console and to provide web services support. The fix removes vulnerability CVE-2021-39038 that allows a remote attacker to hijack the clicking action of the victim.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2021-39038
DESCRIPTION:   IBM WebSphere Application Server 9.0 and IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty 17.0.0.3 through 22.0.0.2 could allow a remote attacker to hijack the clicking action of the victim. By persuading a victim to visit a malicious Web site, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to hijack the victim's click actions and possibly launch further attacks against the victim. IBM X-Force ID: 213968.
CVSS Base score: 4.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/213968 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)Version(s)
IBM TXSeries for Multiplatforms8.2.0.0-8.2.0.2
IBM TXSeries for Multiplatforms9.1.0.0-9.1.0.2

Remediation/Fixes

IBM strongly recommends you apply the following fixes

        Product

Version

Defect

Remediation / First Fix

  IBM TXSeries for Multiplatforms v9.1

9.1.0.0
9.1.0.2

127740

Fix Central Link : http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/quickorder?product=ibm%2FWebSphere%2FTXSeries+for+Multiplatforms&fixids=TXSeries_91_SpecialFIX_Liberty_042022&source=SAR

IBM TXSeries for Multiplatforms v8.2

8.2.0.0
8.2.0.1
8.2.0.2

127740

Fix Central Link:  http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/quickorder?product=ibm%2FWebSphere%2FTXSeries+for+Multiplatforms&fixids=TXSeries_82_SpecialFIX_Liberty_042022&source=SAR

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

Acknowledgement

Change History

07 Jun 2022: 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:
09 June 2022

UID

ibm16593121

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