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Security Bulletin: Security vulnerability in Business Space affects IBM Business Process Manager and WebSphere Process Server (CVE-2014-8912)

Created by Jens Engelke on
Published URL:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/282985
282985

Security Bulletin


Summary

Business Space is a user interface framework that is available in WebSphere Process Server and IBM Business Process Manager (BPM). In IBM BPM Express Edition and Standard Edition the framework is not used directly by end users, however, it is still available and contributes parts of the Process Portal experience.

A security vulnerability has been reported for Business Space. IBM has addressed the vulnerabilities in WebSphere Process Server and IBM Business Process Manager as described below.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2014-8912
DESCRIPTION: IBM WebSphere Portal and other products could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by the failure to restrict access to resources located within web applications. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain configuration data and other sensitive information.
CVSS Base Score: 5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/99253 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

  • WebSphere Process Server V6.1.2.0 - V7.0.0.5
  • IBM Business Process Manager Advanced V7.5.0.0 - V7.5.1.2
  • IBM Business Process Manager Advanced V8.0.0.0 - V8.0.1.3
  • IBM Business Process Manager Advanced V8.5.0.0 - V8.5.7.0 prior to cumulative fix 2016.06

Remediation/Fixes

Install IBM Business Process Manager interim fix JR56078 as appropriate for your current IBM Business Process Manager V8 or later.
Please note that for V7.5 the fix is included in JR54678.
Please also note that an interim fix for the same issue has been available for download for V8.0 and later: JR55592. This interim fix reintroduced a security vulnerability that had been fixed with JR54678: CVE-2015-7400 described in Security Bulletin: Multiple security vulnerabilities in Business Space affect IBM Business Process Manager and WebSphere Process Server (CVE-2015-7407, CVE-2015-7400, CVE-2015-7454). For V8.0 and later JR56078 supersedes JR55592. If you previously installed JR55592, IBM strongly recommends to install JR56078.


For any version of WebSphere Process Server, IBM recommends upgrading to a fixed, supported version/release/platform of the IBM Business Process Manager Advanced.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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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

28 Jul 2016: initial version published

*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:
15 June 2018

UID

swg21985861

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