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Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in Apache Struts affects IBM Social Media Analytics (CVE-2016-0785)

Created by Magda Bologa on
Published URL:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/285447
285447

Security Bulletin


Summary

An Apache Struts vulnerability was addressed by IBM Social Media Analytics 1.3.0 IF18.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2016-0785

DESCRIPTION: Apache Struts could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by a double OGNL evaluation of attribute values. By sending specially crafted data, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system.

CVSS Base Score: 7.3

CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/111513 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:L/A:L)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM Social Media Analytics 1.3

Remediation/Fixes

The recommended solution is to apply the following interim fix:
IBM Social Media Analytics 1.3.0 IF18

For users of IBM Social Media Analytics 1.2 IBM recommends upgrading to IBM Social Media Analytics 1.3.

IBM recommends that you review your entire environment to identify vulnerable releases of the open-source Apache Struts and take appropriate mitigation and remediation actions.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None known. Apply Social Media Analytics 1.3.0 IF18 interim fix.

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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

*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

Review the IBM security bulletin disclaimer and definitions regarding your responsibilities for assessing potential impact of security vulnerabilities to your environment.

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Document Information

Modified date:
15 June 2018

UID

swg21994386

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