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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2021.0979
Security Bulletin: Websphere Application Server is vulnerable to a
directory traversal vulnerability (CVE-2020-5016)
22 March 2021
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: WebSphere Application Server
Publisher: IBM
Operating System: Linux variants
AIX
Impact/Access: Read-only Data Access -- Existing Account
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names: CVE-2020-5016
Reference: ESB-2021.0855
Original Bulletin:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6434125
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Websphere Application Server is vulnerable to a directory traversal
vulnerability (CVE-2020-5016)
Document Information
Document number : 6434125
Modified date : 19 March 2021
Product : IBM Tivoli Service Automation Manager
Software version : 4.1
Operating system(s): Linux
Linux on IBM Z Systems
AIX
Summary
WebSphere Application Server is vulnerable to a directory traversal
vulnerability. By providing required fixes for vulnerability affecting
WebSphere Application Server has been published in the security bulletin.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2020-5016
DESCRIPTION: IBM WebSphere Application Server 7.0, 8.0, 8.5, and 9.0 could
allow a remote attacker to traverse directories on the system. When application
security is disabled and JAX-RPC applications are present, an attacker could
send a specially-crafted URL request containing "dot dot" sequences (/../) to
view arbitrary xml files on the system. This does not occur if Application
security is enabled. IBM X-Force ID: 193556.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/
193556 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)
Affected Products and Versions
+------------------------------------------------+----------+
|Affected Product(s) |Version(s)|
+------------------------------------------------+----------+
|IBM Tivoli System Automation Application Manager|4.1 |
+------------------------------------------------+----------+
Remediation/Fixes
+------------------+--------------+---------------------------------------+
| |Affected | |
|Principal Product |Supporting |Affected Supporting Product Security |
|and Version(s) |Product and |Bulletin |
| |Version | |
+------------------+--------------+---------------------------------------+
|IBM Tivoli System |WebSphere |Security Bulletin: WebSphere |
|Automation |Application |Application Server is vulnerable to a |
|Application |Server 8.5 |Directory Traversal vulnerability |
|Manager 4.1 | |(CVE-2020-5016) |
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Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
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Change History
19 Mar 2021: Final Publication
Document Location
Worldwide
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