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JR58805: SECURITY APAR - CVE-2017-1769 - CROSS-SITE REQUEST FORGERY (CSRF) PROTECTION FAILS TO CHECK REFERER HEADER

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APAR status

  • Closed as program error.

Error description

  • CVEID: CVE-2017-1769
    DESCRIPTION: IBM Business Process Manager is vulnerable to
    cross-site request forgery, which could allow an attacker to
    execute malicious and unauthorized actions transmitted from a
    user that the website trusts.
    CVSS Base Score: 4.3
    CVSS Temporal Score: See
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/136783 for
    the current score
    CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
    CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)
    

Local fix

Problem summary

  • No additional information is available.
    

Problem conclusion

  • A fix will be included in the first cumulative fix for IBM BPM
    V8.6.0.0 that re-enables the Referer header whitelist check.
    

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

  • APAR number

    JR58805

  • Reported component name

    BPM

  • Reported component ID

    5737A5700

  • Reported release

    860

  • Status

    CLOSED PER

  • PE

    NoPE

  • HIPER

    NoHIPER

  • Special Attention

    NoSpecatt / Xsystem

  • Submitted date

    2017-12-04

  • Closed date

    2018-01-18

  • Last modified date

    2018-01-18

  • APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

  • APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Fix information

  • Fixed component name

    BPM

  • Fixed component ID

    5737A5700

Applicable component levels

[{"Business Unit":{"code":"BU059","label":"IBM Software w\/o TPS"},"Product":{"code":"SSFPJS","label":"IBM Business Process Manager"},"Component":"","ARM Category":[],"Platform":[{"code":"PF025","label":"Platform Independent"}],"Version":"8.6.0.0","Edition":"","Line of Business":{"code":"LOB45","label":"Automation"}}]

Document Information

Modified date:
14 September 2022