Security Bulletin: Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Websphere Application Server affect the IBM Performance Management product

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Websphere Application Server - Liberty could allow a remote attacker to exploit them to cause a denial of service condition against services that use Compress’ zip package. IBM Performance Management has addressed the applicable CVEs.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2021-35517
**DESCRIPTION:**Apache Commons Compress is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an out of memory error when allocating large amounts of memory. By persuading a victim to open a specially-crafted TAR archive, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service condition against services that use Compress’ tar package.
CVSS Base score: 5.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/205307 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

CVEID:CVE-2021-36090
**DESCRIPTION:**Apache Commons Compress is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an out-of-memory error when large amounts of memory are allocated. By reading a specially-crafted ZIP archive, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service condition against services that use Compress’ zip package.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/205310 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

IBM Cloud Application Performance Management, Base Private

IBM Cloud Application Performance Management, Advanced Private| 8.1.4| The vulnerability can be remediated by applying the following 8.1.4.0-IBM-APM-SERVER-IF0012 or later server patch to the system where the Cloud APM server is installed: <https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6456351&gt;

The vulnerability can be remediated by applying the following 8.1.4.0-IBM-APM-GATEWAY-IF0010 or later Hybrid Gateway patch to the system where the Hybrid Gateway is installed: <https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6520908&gt;

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IBM Cloud Application Performance Management

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The vulnerability can be remediated by applying the following 8.1.4.0-IBM-APM-GATEWAY-IF0010 or later Hybrid Gateway patch to the system where the Hybrid Gateway is installed: <https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6520908&gt;

Workarounds and Mitigations

None