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PI56811: CVE-2015-0254 for IBM WebSphere Application Server

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Abstract

Potential security vulnerability in IBM WebSphere Application Server (CVE-2015-0254)

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PI56811 resolves the following problem:

ERROR DESCRIPTION:
Apache Standard Taglibs could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by an XML External Entity Injection (XXE) error when processing XML data. By sending specially-crafted XML data, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system.

PROBLEM CONCLUSION:
Updated the code to fix the vulnerability.

Prerequisites

None

Installation Instructions

Please review the readme.txt for detailed installation instructions.

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Technical Support

Contact IBM Support using SR (http://www.ibm.com/software/support/probsub.html), visit the WebSphere Application Server support web site (http://www.ibm.com/software/webservers/appserv/was/support/), or contact 1-800-IBM-SERV (U.S. only).

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Document Information

Modified date:
15 June 2018

UID

swg24042357