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IBM WebSphere Application Server: CVE-2020-4643: WebSphere Application Server is vulnerable to an information exposure vulnerability (CVE-2020-4643)

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IBM WebSphere Application Server: CVE-2020-4643: WebSphere Application Server is vulnerable to an information exposure vulnerability (CVE-2020-4643)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
09/21/2020
Created
09/22/2020
Added
09/21/2020
Modified
09/28/2020

Description

IBM WebSphere Application Server 7.0, 8.0, 8.5, and 9.0 is vulnerable to an XML External Entity Injection (XXE) attack when processing XML data. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to expose sensitive information. IBM X-Force ID: 185590.

Solution(s)

  • ibm-was-install-7-0-0-0-ph27509
  • ibm-was-install-8-0-0-0-ph27509
  • ibm-was-install-9-0-0-0-ph27509
  • ibm-was-upgrade-8-5-0-0-8-5-5-19
  • ibm-was-upgrade-9-0-0-0-9-0-5-6

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