Security Bulletin: IBM Tivoli Monitoring Client Vulnerabilities

Security Bulletin

Summary

IBM Tivoli Monitoring Client is affected by user privilege escalation and possible denial of service vulnerabilities. IBM has addressed these vulnerabilities.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2017-1794
DESCRIPTION: IBM Tivoli Monitoring Enterprise Portal is vulnerable to both TEPS user privilege escalation and possible denial of service due to unconstrained memory growth.
CVSS Base Score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/137039 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM Tivoli Monitoring Enterprise Portal Server versions 6.2.3 through 6.2.3 Fix Pack 5 and 6.3.0 through 6.3.0 Fix Pack 7

Remediation/Fixes

The patches below update the IBM Tivoli Monitoring Enterprise Portal Server

Fix	VRMF	How to acquire fix
6.3.0-TIV-ITM-FP0007-IJ09127	6.3.0	http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10731703
6.2.3-TIV-ITM-FP0005-IJ09127	6.2.3	http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10731703

Workarounds and Mitigations

Using the default IIOP or Corba plus SSL avoids the vulnerabilites as it does not use the same interfaces which have been shown to be vulnerable as per the CVE above. The following security bulletin ensures that default IIOP is using SSL:

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg22003402

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References

Complete CVSS v2 Guide
On-line Calculator v2

Complete CVSS v3 Guide
On-line Calculator v3

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Acknowledgement

This vulnerability was disclosed to IBM by Emanuele Bartoli of Verizon.

Change History

02/27/2018 Draft Document Created

*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.

Disclaimer

Review the IBM security bulletin disclaimer and definitions regarding your responsibilities for assessing potential impact of security vulnerabilities to your environment.

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Security Bulletin: IBM Tivoli Monitoring Client Vulnerabilities