Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in WebSphere Liberty affecting Watson Knowledge Catalog for IBM Cloud Pak for Data

Summary

WebSphere liberty is vulnerable to a DOS that is impacting Watson Knowledge Catalog for IBM Cloud Pak for Data. This vulnerability has been addressed.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2019-4720
**DESCRIPTION:**IBM WebSphere Application Server 7.0, 8.0, 8.5, and 9.0 is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by sending a specially-crafted request. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the server to consume all available memory. IBM X-Force ID: 172125.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/172125 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

Install wkc-patch-3.0.0.5 for IBM Cloud Pak for Data.

Contact IBM support for more details.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None. WebSphere Liberty must be upgraded.