Security Bulletin: Multiple vulnerabilities in WebSphere Application Server Liberty affect IBM Spectrum Protect Operations Center (CVE-2018-1553, CVE-2018-1683, CVE-2018-8039)

Security Bulletin

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities in WebSphere Application Server Liberty affect IBM Spectrum Protect (formerly Tivoli Storage Manager) Operations Center.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2018-1553
DESCRIPTION: IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by mishandling of exceptions by the SAML Web SSO feature.
CVSS Base Score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/142890 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)

CVEID: CVE-2018-1683
DESCRIPTION: IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by the failure to encrypt ORB communication.
CVSS Base Score: 5.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/145455 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

CVEID: CVE-2018-8039
DESCRIPTION: Apache CXF could allow a remote attacker to conduct a man-in-the-middle attack. The TLS hostname verification does not work correctly with com.sun.net.ssl interface. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to launch a man-in-the-middle attack.
CVSS Base Score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/145516 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

The following levels of IBM Spectrum Protect (formerly Tivoli Storage Manager) Operations Center are affected:

8.1.0.000 through 8.1.6.000
7.1.0.000 through 7.1.9.100

Remediation/Fixes

Operations Center Release	First Fixing VRM Level	Platform	Link to Fix
8.1	8.1.6.100	AIX Linux Windows	ftp://public.dhe.ibm.com/storage/tivoli-storage-management/patches/opcenter/8.1.6.100
7.1	7.1.9.200	AIX Linux Windows	ftp://public.dhe.ibm.com/storage/t ivoli-storage-management/patches/opcenter/7.1.9.20 0

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

Complete CVSS v3 Guide
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Change History

31 January 2019 - original version published

*The CVSS Environment Score is customer environment specific and will ultimately impact the Overall CVSS Score. Customers can evaluate the impact of this vulnerability in their environments by accessing the links in the Reference section of this Security Bulletin.

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Internal Use Only

Advisory 11830 Product Record 117517
Advisory 12411 Product Record 122051
Advisory 13380 Product Record 121882

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Security Bulletin: Multiple vulnerabilities in WebSphere Application Server Liberty affect IBM Spectrum Protect Operations Center (CVE-2018-1553, CVE-2018-1683, CVE-2018-8039)