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VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2008-4679

The Web Services Security component in IBM WebSphere Application Server (WAS) 6.0.2 before 6.0.2.31 and 6.1 before 6.1.0.19, when Certificate Store Collections is configured to use Certificate Revocation Lists (CRL), does not call the…

MEDIUM 6.8EPSS 1.56%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.56%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

The Web Services Security component in IBM WebSphere Application Server (WAS) 6.0.2 before 6.0.2.31 and 6.1 before 6.1.0.19, when Certificate Store Collections is configured to use Certificate Revocation Lists (CRL), does not call the setRevocationEnabled method on the PKIXBuilderParameters object, which prevents the "Java security method" from checking the revocation status of X.509 certificates and allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via a SOAP message with a revoked certificate.

CVSS 2.0
6.8 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS
1.56% probability · 74th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-287
Affected
ibm/websphere application server
Source
cve@mitre.org

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.