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IBM WebSphere Application Server and WebSphere Application Server Liberty are vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by sending a specially-crafted request. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the server to consume memory resources.

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IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability now by upgrading based on the table below.

ProductVersionRemediation
PowerVM Novalink

2.2.1.1

Update to pvm-novalink-2.2.1.1-260708

or

Update to pvm-novalink-2.3.3-260714

PowerVM Novalink

2.3.3

Update to pvm-novalink-2.3.3-260714

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