Security Bulletin: A vulnerabilities have been identified in IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty shipped with IBM® Intelligent Operations Center (CVE-2021-29842)

Summary

A vulnerabilities have been identified in IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty(17.0.0.3 - 21.0.0.9) shipped with IBM® Intelligent Operations Center. Information about these vulnerabilities affecting IBM® Intelligent Operations Center have been published and addressed the applicable CVEs.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2021-29842
**DESCRIPTION:**IBM WebSphere Application Server 7.0, 8.0, 8.5, 9.0 and Liberty 17.0.0.3 through 21.0.0.9 could allow a remote user to enumerate usernames due to a difference of responses from valid and invalid login attempts. IBM X-Force ID: 205202.
CVSS Base score: 3.7
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/205202 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

The recommended solution is to apply an interim fix that contains the fix for this issue as soon as practical.

Download the IBM Intelligent Operations Center Version 5.2.3 is an upgrade to IBM Intelligent Operations Center Version 5.2.2 through IBM Intelligent Operations Center Version 5.2 from the following link:

IBM Intelligent Operations Center Version 5.2.3

Installation instructions for the fix are included in the readme document that is in the fix package.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None