Security Bulletin
Summary
If you are using Subversion for version control in Netcool/Impact you may be affected by this vulnerability. Description is Subversion FSFS repositories can be corrupted by newline characters in filenames. More detail available at this link http://subversion.apache.org/security/CVE-2013-1968-advisory.txt
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2013-1968
CVSS Base Score: 4.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/84717
for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:P)
Affected Products and Versions
Netcool/Impact releases 5.1.x through 6.1.x
Remediation/Fixes
The suggested remediation is to upgrade the level of Subversion on your installation. See this link for release details.
http://subversion.apache.org/security/CVE-2013-1968-advisory.txt
Instruction on how to configure Netcool/Impact for new releases of Subversion are listed here :
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/tivihelp/v8r1/topic/com.ibm.netcoolimpact.doc6.1/admin/imag_version_version_control_overview_c.html
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/tivihelp/v8r1/topic/com.ibm.netcoolimpact.doc6.1/admin/imag_version_configuring_version_control_c.html
The instructions are the same for all releases of Netcool/Impact.
Workarounds and Mitigations
See http://subversion.apache.org/security/CVE-2013-1968-advisory.txt
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References
*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 Information
Modified date:
17 June 2018
UID
swg21663560