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IBM WebSphere Application Server: CVE-2016-5983: Code execution vulnerability in WebSphere Application Server (CVE-2016-5983).

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IBM WebSphere Application Server: CVE-2016-5983: Code execution vulnerability in WebSphere Application Server (CVE-2016-5983).

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
10/05/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
04/27/2018
Modified
10/04/2019

Description

IBM WebSphere Application Server (WAS) 7.0 before 7.0.0.43, 8.0 before 8.0.0.13, 8.5 before 8.5.5.11, 9.0 before 9.0.0.2, and Liberty before 16.0.0.4 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary Java code via a crafted serialized object.

Solution(s)

  • ibm-was-install-7-0-0-0-pi70737
  • ibm-was-install-8-0-0-0-pi70737
  • ibm-was-install-8-5-0-0-pi70737
  • ibm-was-install-8-5-pi62375-liberty
  • ibm-was-install-9-0-0-0-pi70737
  • ibm-was-upgrade-7-0-0-0-7-0-0-43
  • ibm-was-upgrade-8-0-0-0-8-0-0-13
  • ibm-was-upgrade-8-5-0-0-8-5-5-11
  • ibm-was-upgrade-8-5-16-0-0-4-liberty
  • ibm-was-upgrade-9-0-0-0-9-0-0-2

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