Security Bulletin: IBM Content Foundation on Cloud security vulnerability in WebSphere container

Summary

There is a denial of service and Networking security vulnerabilities in WebSphere Application Server.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2019-4720
**DESCRIPTION:**IBM WebSphere Application Server is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by sending a specially-crafted request. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the server to consume all available memory.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/172125 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

CVEID:CVE-2020-4163
**DESCRIPTION:**IBM WebSphere Application Server, under specialized conditions, could allow an authenticated user to create a maliciously crafted file name which would be misinterpreted as jsp content and executed.
CVSS Base score: 6.6
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/174397 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

To resolve these vulnerabilities, install one of the fixes listed below.

5.5.3
5.5.4

| PJ46065
PJ46065
|

5.5.3.0-P8CPE-IF003 - 7/16/2020
5.5.4.0-P8CPE-IF001 - 3/27/2020

Workarounds and Mitigations

None