CVE-2018-1957 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

IBM WebSphere Application Server 9 could allow sensitive information to be available caused by mishandling of data by the application based on an incorrect return by the httpServletRequest#authenticate() API when an unprotected URI is accessed. IBM X-Force ID: 153629.

Published: 2018-12-10

Score: 4 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

IBM

WebSphere Application Server

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`9`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_application_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2018-12536	IBM WebSphere Application Server 9 could allow sensitive information to be available caused by mishandling of data by the application based on an incorrect return by the httpServletRequest#authenticate() API when an unprotected URI is accessed. IBM X-Force ID: 153629.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00066.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106203
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/153629
https://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10744247

History

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Subscriptions

Ibm Websphere Application Server

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: ibm

Published: 2018-12-10T14:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-09-16T20:06:15.192Z

Reserved: 2017-12-13T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2018-1957

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-12-10T14:29:01.793

Modified: 2024-11-21T04:00:39.647

Link: CVE-2018-1957

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-200

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