Security Bulletin: A security vulnerability has been identified in WebSphere Application Server shipped with IBM License Metric Tool 7.x and IBM Tivoli Asset Discovery for Distributed 7.x (CVE-2016-8919)

Summary

WebSphere Application Server is shipped as a component of IBM License Metric Tool 7.x and IBM Tivoli Asset Discovery for Distributed 7.x servers.
Information about a security vulnerability affecting WebSphere Application Server has been published in a security bulletin.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2016-8919
DESCRIPTION: IBM WebSphere Application Server may be vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by allowing serialized objects from untrusted sources to run and cause the consumption of resources.
CVSS Base Score: 5.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/118529 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Principal Product and Version(s)

| Affected Supporting Product and Version
—|—
IBM Tivoli Asset Discovery for Distributed v7.5| WebSphere Application Server v7
IBM License Metric Tool v7.5| WebSphere Application Server v7

Remediation/Fixes

Apply Interim Fix for a WebSphere Application Server as described in the following technote: <http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21993797&gt;

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

Complete CVSS v2 Guide
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Related Information

IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

Change History

24 February 2017 : Original version published

*The CVSS Environment Score is customer environment specific and will ultimately impact the Overall CVSS Score. Customers can evaluate the impact of this vulnerability in their environments by accessing the links in the Reference section of this Security Bulletin.

Disclaimer

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