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

Summary

IBM WebSphere Application Server is shipped as a component of IBM Tivoli Federated Identity Manager and IBM Tivoli Federated Identity Manager Business Gateway. 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

Principal Product and Version(s)

| Affected Supporting Product and Version
—|—
IBM Tivoli Federated Identity Manager 6.2.1
IBM Tivoli Federated Identity Manager Business Gateway 6.2.1| IBM WebSphere Application Server 7.0
IBM Tivoli Federated Identity Manager 6.2.2
IBM Tivoli Federated Identity Manager Business Gateway 6.2.2| IBM WebSphere Application Server 7.0, 8.0, 8.5

Remediation/Fixes

IBM Tivoli Federated Identity Manager and IBM Tivoli Federated Identity Manager Business Gateway are affected through IBM WebSphere Application Server. If you use 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).