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Security Bulletin: A Security vulnerability in the IBM Dojo Toolkit affects InfoSphere Big Insights (CVE-2014-8917)

Created by Suresh Thalamati on
Published URL:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/263957
263957

Security Bulletin


Summary

IBM Dojo Toolkit is a component that is used by InfoSphere BigInsights. The IBM Dojo Toolkit that is shipped with InfoSphere BigInsights includes resource files that contain cross-site scripting vulnerability.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2014-8917

DESCRIPTION: IBM Dojo Toolkit is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using a specially-crafted URL to execute script in a victim's Web browser within the security context of the hosting Web site, after the URL is clicked. An attacker could use this vulnerability to steal the victim's cookie-based authentication credentials

CVSS Base Score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/99303 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

InfoSphere BigInsights 1.0 through 3.0.0.1

Remediation/Fixes

The recommended solution is to apply the appropriate fix for this vulnerability. For all the affected versions apply the interim fix available from Fix Central.

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References

Complete CVSS v2 Guide
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Related Information

IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

Change History

May 08, 2015: Original Version Published
May 15, 2015 : Updated the fix link.

*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

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Document Information

Modified date:
08 April 2021

UID

swg21902612

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