Security Bulletin: Multiple security vulnerabilities affect IBM WebSphere Applciation Server bundled with IBM WebSphere Application Server Patterns and IBM WebSphere Application Server for Cloud

Summary

There is a potential information disclosure vulnerability in Admin Center for IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty. There is a potential for weaker than expected security when using the WebSphere Application Server Liberty profile API Discovery feature and Swagger documents. There is an XML External Entity Injection (XXE) vulnerability in the Apache Standard Taglibs that affects IBM WebSphere Application Server.

Vulnerability Details

Please consult the security bulletins for vulnerability details and information about fixes.

• Security Bulletin: Information disclosure vulnerability in IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty (CVE-2016-0389)****
• • Security Bulletin: WebSphere Application Server Liberty API Discovery feature has potential vulnerability (CVE-2016-2945)
• • Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in Apache Standard Taglibs affects IBM WebSphere Application Server (CVE-2015-0254)

Affected Products and Versions

This vulnerability affects the following versions and releases of IBM WebSphere Application Server that IBM WebSphere Application Server Patterns supports

* Version 8.5.5 Full Profile and Liberty 

Remediation/Fixes

To patch an existing PureApplication Virtual System Instance, apply the patch using the PureApplication Maintainence ifix process.