QID 378733

Date Published: 2023-08-09

QID 378733: IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty Denial of Service (DoS) Vulnerability (6841889)

IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty is vulnerable to an Denial Of Service.

Affected Versions:
WebSphere Application Server Liberty Version 21.0.0.2 - 22.0.0.13
QID Detection Logic:(Authenticated)
It reads the fix xml file and WebSphereApplicationServer.properties to detect the vulnerable version. and it also checks for fixpack version.

There is a vulnerability in the Google protobuf-java library used by IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty with the grpc-1.0 or grpcClient-1.0 feature enabled.

  • CVSS V3 rated as High - 7.5 severity.
  • CVSS V2 rated as Medium - 3.3 severity.
  • Solution
    Upgrade to minimal fix pack levels as required by interim fix and then apply Interim Fix 6841847
    Vendor References

    CVEs related to QID 378733

    Software Advisories
    Advisory ID Software Component Link
    6841847 URL Logo www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6841847