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Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in Apache PDFBox affects FileNet Content Manager and IBM Content Foundation (CVE-2016-2175)

Created by Mark Keithly on
Published URL:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/285011
285011

Security Bulletin


Summary

Security vulnerabilitiy exists in Apache PDFBox that affects IBM FileNet Content Manager and IBM Content Foundation.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2016-2175
DESCRIPTION: Apache PDFBox could allow a remote authenticated attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by a XML external entity (XXE) error when processing XML data by the XML parser. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to read arbitrary files on the system or cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base Score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/113548 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

FileNet Content Manager 5.1.0, 5.2.0, 5.2.1
IBM Content Foundation 5.2.0, 5.2.1

Remediation/Fixes

Install one of the fixes listed below to upgrade the Apache PDFBox patch 1.8.12.

ProductVRMFAPARRemediation/First Fix
FileNet Content Manager5.1.0

5.2.0

5.2.1		PJ44278
PJ44412
PJ44279
PJ44415
PJ44279
PJ44415		5.1.0.7-P8CE-FP007 - 8/11/2017
5.1.0.0-P8CSS-IF017 - 8/11/2017
5.2.0.5-P8CPE-IF002 - 1/19/2017
5.2.0.5-P8CSS-IF001 - 1/19/2017
5.2.1.6-P8CPE-FP006 - 12/16/2016
5.2.1.6-P8CSS-FP006 - 12/16/2016
IBM Content Foundation5.2.0

5.2.1		PJ44279
PJ44415
PJ44279
PJ44415		5.2.0.5-P8CPE-IF002 - 1/19/2017
5.2.0.5-P8CSS-IF001 - 1/19/2017
5.2.1.6-P8CPE-FP006 - 12/16/2016
5.2.1.6-P8CSS-FP006 - 12/16/2016

In the above table, the APAR links will provide more information about the fix.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None.

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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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Related Information

IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

Change History

16 December 2016: Original Version Published
19 January 2017: 5.2.0 fix released
31 January 2017: Corrected 5.2.1.6 fix central links
11 August 2017: 5.1.0.7-P8CE-FP007 and 5.1.0.0-P8CSS-IF017 released

*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

swg21987188

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