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             AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution

                               ESB-2023.6806
    IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty, which is bundled with IBM
          WebSphere Hybrid Edition, is vulnerable to information
            disclosure due to Apache Santuario (CVE-2023-44483)
                             16 November 2023

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        AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product:           IBM WebSphere Hybrid Edition
Publisher:         IBM
Operating System:  Windows
                   AIX
                   macOS
                   IBM i
                   HP-UX
                   z/OS
Resolution:        Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names:         CVE-2023-44483  

Original Bulletin: 
   https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7077009

Comment: CVSS (Max):  6.5 CVE-2023-44483 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)
         CVSS Source: NIST
         Calculator:  https://www.first.org/cvss/calculator/3.1#CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

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Security Bulletin: IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty, which is bundled
with IBM WebSphere Hybrid Edition, is vulnerable to information disclosure due
to Apache Santuario (CVE-2023-44483)

Document Information

Document number    : 7077009
Modified date      : 15 November 2023
Product            : IBM WebSphere Hybrid Edition
Component          : -
Software version   : 5.1
Operating system(s): Windows
                     AIX
                     Mac OS
                     z/OS
                     IBM i
                     HP-UX

Security Bulletin


Summary

There is a vulnerability in the Apache Santuario library used by IBM WebSphere
Application Server Liberty, which is bundled with IBM WebSphere Hybrid Edition,
when the wsSecurity-1.1, wsSecuritySaml-1.1 or samlWeb-2.0 feature is enabled.

Vulnerability Details

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

Affected Products and Versions

+----------------------------------+----------------------------------------+
|Affected Product(s) and Version(s)|Affecting Product(s) and Version(s)     |
+----------------------------------+----------------------------------------+
|IBM WebSphere Hybrid Edition      |IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty|
|                                  |                                        |
|  o 5.1                           |  o 17.0.0.3 - 23.0.0.11                |
+----------------------------------+----------------------------------------+

Remediation/Fixes

IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability now by applying a
currently available interim fix or fix pack that contains the APAR PH57933 as
described in Security Bulletin: IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty is
vulnerable to information disclosure due to Apache Santuario (CVE-2023-44483)

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

Acknowledgement

Change History

15 Nov 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.

Disclaimer

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Bulletin shall not create an obligation for IBM to provide fixes for any
unsupported or extended-support products or versions.

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