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Security Bulletin: IBM Transformation Extender Advanced is Potentially Vulnerable to an XML External Entity (XXE) Injection in its REST API.

Security Bulletin


Summary

IBM 10x framework used by IBM Transformation Extender Advanced REST API is vulnerable to XXE injection. The vulnerability was reported by IBM Financial Transaction Manager for ACH Services for Multi-Platform which also uses the IBM 10x framework.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2017-1758
DESCRIPTION: IBM Financial Transaction Manager for ACH Services for Multi-Platform is vulnerable to a XML External Entity Injection (XXE) attack when processing XML data. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to expose sensitive information or consume memory resources.
CVSS Base Score: 7.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/135859 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM Transformation Extender Advanced 9.0

Remediation/Fixes

Product

VRMF
APAR
Remediation / First Fix
IBM Transformation Extender Advanced9.0.0.8None9.0.0.8 available on Fix Central

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

Complete CVSS v2 Guide
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Complete CVSS v3 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

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Document Information

Modified date:
15 May 2022

UID

swg22013432

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