Security Bulletin: A security vulnerability has been identified in WebSphere Application Server shipped with IBM Tivoli Security Policy Manager (CVE-2016-5983)

Summary

IBM WebSphere Application Server (WAS) is shipped as a component of IBM Tivoli Security Policy Manager (TSPM). Information about a security vulnerability affecting IBM WebSphere Application Server has been published in a security bulletin.

Vulnerability Details

Please consult the security bulletin, Security Bulletin: Code execution vulnerability in WebSphere Application Server (CVE-2016-5983), for vulnerability details and information about fixes.

Affected Products and Versions

Product Version

| WebSphere version
—|—
TSPM 7.0| WAS 7.0
TSPM 7.1| WAS 7.0
WAS 8.0

Remediation/Fixes

IBM Tivoli Security Policy Manager (TSPM) is affected through IBM WebSphere Application Server. If you are running TSPM with one of the affected versions of WebSphere, update your IBM WebSphere Application Server with the appropriate Interim Fix based on information in the WebSphere security bulletin, Security Bulletin: Code execution vulnerability in WebSphere Application Server (CVE-2016-5983).