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Security Bulletin: Potential Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in WebSphere Application Server shipped with IBM Operations Analytics - Log Analysis (CVE-2018-1901)

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Summary

WebSphere Application Server could allow a remote attacker to temporarily gain elevated privileges on the system, caused by incorrect cached value being used.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2018-1901
DESCRIPTION: IBM WebSphere Application Server could allow a remote attacker to temporarily gain elevated privileges on the system, caused by incorrect cached value being used.
CVSS Base Score: 5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/152530 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM Operations Analytics - Log Analysis version 1.3.1, 1.3.2, 1.3.3, 1.3.3.1 and 1.3.5

Remediation/Fixes

Principal Product and Version(s) Fix details
IBM Operations Analytics - Log Analysis version 1.3.1, 1.3.2, 1.3.3, 1.3.3.1 and 1.3.5 Security Bulletin: Potential Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in WebSphere Application Server (CVE-2018-1901)

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Change History

3 January 2019: 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.

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Document Information

Modified date:
09 January 2019

UID

ibm10792781