Security Bulletin: A security vulnerability has been identified in IBM WebSphere Application Server shipped with IBM Digital Business Automation Workflow family products (CVE-2019-4720)

Summary

WebSphere Application Server Traditional is shipped as a component of IBM Business Automation Workflow, IBM Business Process Manager, and WebSphere Enterprise Service Bus. WebSphere Application Server Liberty is shipped as part of the optional components Process Federation Server (since 8.5.6), and User Management Service (since 18.0.0.1) in IBM Business Automation Workflow and IBM Business Process Manager. Information about security vulnerabilities affecting IBM WebSphere Application Server Traditional and IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty have been published.

Vulnerability Details

Refer to the security bulletins(s) listed in the Remediation/Fixes section

Affected Products and Versions

For earlier and unsupported versions of the products, IBM recommends upgrading to a fixed, supported version of the product.

Note that Cumulative Fixes cannot automatically install interim fixes for the base Application Server. It is important to follow the complete installation instructions and manually ensure that recommended security fixes are installed.

Remediation/Fixes

Please consult the security bulletin: WebSphere Application Server is vulnerable to a denial of service (CVE-2019-4720) for vulnerability details and information about fixes.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None