Security Bulletin: Due to use of IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty, IBM Tivoli Application Dependency Discovery Manager is vulnerable to denial of service and disclosure of sensitive information.

Summary

IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty is used by IBM Tivoli Application Dependency Discovery Manager (CVE-2024-22354,CVE-2024-25026,CVE-2024-27268 and CVE-2023-51775)

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2024-22354
**DESCRIPTION:**IBM WebSphere Application Server 8.5, 9.0 and IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty 17.0.0.3 through 24.0.0.5 are vulnerable to an XML External Entity Injection (XXE) attack when processing XML data. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to expose sensitive information, consume memory resources, or to conduct a server-side request forgery attack. IBM X-Force ID: 280401.
CVSS Base score: 7
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/280401 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L)

CVEID:CVE-2024-25026
**DESCRIPTION:**IBM WebSphere Application Server 8.5, 9.0 and IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty 17.0.0.3 through 24.0.0.4 are 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 memory resources. IBM X-Force ID: 281516.
CVSS Base score: 5.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/281516 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

CVEID:CVE-2024-27268
**DESCRIPTION:**IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty 18.0.0.2 through 24.0.0.4 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 memory resources. IBM X-Force ID: 284574.
CVSS Base score: 5.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/284574 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

CVEID:CVE-2023-51775
**DESCRIPTION:**jose4j is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by improper input validation. By sending a specially crafted p2c value, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service condition.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/275907 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

To resolve the issue, TADDM’s WebSphere Application Server Liberty needs to be upgraded to version 24.0.0.6.

The eFix in the table below can be downloaded and applied directly.

Note:

• Prior to TADDM 7.3.0.5, Java 7 was used and the upgraded Liberty version requires Java8. Hence, no eFix can be provided for versions before 7.3.0.5.
• For customers on TADDM FixPack 3 or FixPack 4, recommendation is to upgrade to a later version above FixPack 6, preferably to the FixPack 11 and then follow the steps mentioned above.

Workarounds and Mitigations

For customers on TADDM 7.3.0.3 or 7.3.0.4, recommendation is to upgrade to the latest TADDM version and then apply the e-fix directly.