Summary

IBM WebSphere Application Server traditional is vulnerable to a remote code execution vulnerability. This has been addressed.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2023-23477
DESCRIPTION:   IBM WebSphere Application Server traditional could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system with a specially crafted sequence of serialized objects.
CVSS Base score: 8.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/245513 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability now by upgrading to the fixpack specified below.

Please note that this vulnerability applies only to version 9.0.0.0 through 9.0.5.7 and version  8.5.0.0 through 8.5.5.19. It does not apply to fix pack version 9.0.5.8 and later,  and it does not apply to fix pack version 8.5.5.20 and later.

For IBM WebSphere Application Server traditional:

For V9.0.0.0 through 9.0.5.7:
· Apply Fix Pack 9.0.5.8 or later.

For V8.5.0.0 through 8.5.5.19:
· Apply Fix Pack 8.5.5.20 or later.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

Complete CVSS v3 Guide
On-line Calculator v3

Related Information

IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

Acknowledgement

The vulnerability was reported to IBM by Liboheng of Tophant Starlight laboratory.

Change History

31 Jan 2023: Initial Publication

*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.

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