Security Bulletin: A security vulnerability has been identified in IBM WebSphere Application Server shipped with IBM Tivoli Netcool Impact (CVE-2019-4720)

Summary

IBM WebSphere Application Server is shipped as a component of IBM Tivoli Netcool Impact. Information about a security vulnerability affecting IBM WebSphere Application Server has been published in a security bulletin.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2019-4720
**DESCRIPTION:**IBM WebSphere Application Server 7.0, 8.0, 8.5, and 9.0 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. IBM X-Force ID: 172125.
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)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

| VRMF| APAR| Remediation/First Fix
—|—|—|—
IBM Tivoli Netcool Impact 7.1.0| 7.1.0.19| IJ24285| IBM Tivoli Netcool Impact 7.1.0 FP19

Workarounds and Mitigations

None