Security Bulletin: IBM InfoSphere Information Server is vulnerable to SQL injection

Security Bulletin

Summary

A SQL injection vulnerability in IBM InfoSphere Information Server was addressed.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2021-29730
DESCRIPTION: IBM InfoSphere Information Server is vulnerable to SQL injection. A remote attacker could send specially crafted SQL statements, which could allow the attacker to view, add, modify or delete information in the back-end database.
CVSS Base score: 6.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/201164 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)	Version(s)
InfoSphere Information Server	11.7

Remediation/Fixes

Product	VRMF	APAR	Remediation/First Fix
InfoSphere DataStage, Information Server on Cloud	11.7	JR63560	--Apply InfoSphere Information Server version 11.7.1.0 --Apply InfoSphere Information Server version 11.7.1.0 Fix Pack 1 --Apply InfoSphere Information Server 11.7.1.1 Service Pack 2 For Red Hat 8 installations, contact IBM Customer support.

Contact Technical Support:

In the United States and Canada dial 1-800-IBM-SERV
View the support contacts for other countries outside of the United States.
Electronically open a Service Request with Information Server Technical Support.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

Complete CVSS v3 Guide
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Acknowledgement

This vulnerability was reported to IBM by Robin Trost (SySS GmbH)

Change History

22 Jul 2021: Initial Publication

*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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Document Location

Worldwide

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Security Bulletin: IBM InfoSphere Information Server is vulnerable to SQL injection