CVE-2016-5986 Information disclosure in n/a

What is CVE-2016-5986?

CVE-2016-5986 is a high-severity vulnerability in Ibm Websphere Application Server, published on 1 Oct 2016. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

IBM WebSphere Application Server (WAS) 7.x before 7.0.0.43, 8.0.x before 8.0.0.13, 8.5.x before 8.5.5.11, 9.0.x before 9.0.0.2, and Liberty before 16.0.0.3 mishandles responses, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via unspecified vectors.

Weakness: CWE-200

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-5986?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Ibm Websphere Application Server.

How do I fix CVE-2016-5986?

No fix has been published for CVE-2016-5986 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2016-5986 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-5986 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Ibm Websphere Application Server

• CVE-2015-1920 Code injection in n/a Critical 10.0
• CVE-2013-0462 Other in n/a Critical 10.0
• CVE-2011-1377 Security feature bypass in n/a Critical 10.0
• CVE-2010-3186 Other in n/a Critical 10.0
• CVE-2009-1899 Information disclosure in n/a Critical 10.0

All Ibm Websphere Application Server vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-6hxr-6hpr-6cgm.