Security Bulletin
Summary
The Information Services Catalog interface of the IBM InfoSphere Information Server web console is exposed to various well known web UI vulnerabilities: phishing through frames, cacheable SSL pages, link injection, cross-site request forgery and cross-site scripting.
Vulnerability Details
CVE ID: CVE-2013-3034
DESCRIPTION:
An attacker can trick a user into inserting a mal-formed URL address into a browser or clicking on a mal-formed URL link and exploit a cross-site scripting vulnerability or an HTML injection vulnerability in the InfoSphere Information Server administration and reporting console to gain unauthorized access or collect sensitive information.
CVSS:
CVSS Base Score: 3.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/84646 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N)
CVE ID: CVE-2013-4057
DESCRIPTION:
Due to insufficient safeguards against cross-site request forgery in Information Server XML Pack an attacker can trick a legitimate user into opening a URL that results in an action being taken as that user, potentially without the knowledge of that user. Any actions taken require the user to already be logged into the DataStage designer or to authenticate separately as part of the attack.
CVSS:
CVSS Base Score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/86546 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
CVE ID: CVE-2013-4059
DESCRIPTION:
Various Information Server web interfaces are vulnerable to content-spoofing and cross-site scripting allowing attackers to gain unauthorized access or collect sensitive information.
CVSS:
CVSS Base Score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/86548 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
CVE ID: CVE-2012-4819
DESCRIPTION:
A cross-site scripting security vulnerability has been identified in several Information Server web interfaces that may lead to unauthorized access through phishing attacks to each of these web interfaces.
CVSS:
CVSS Base Score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78666 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
IBM InfoSphere Information Server versions 8.0, 8.1, 8.5, 8.7, and 9.1 running on all platforms
Remediation/Fixes
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Product | VRMF | APAR | Remediation/First Fix |
| InfoSphere Information Server | 8.0 8.1 8.5 8.7 9.1 | JR50202 | --Follow instructions in TechNote |
Workarounds and Mitigations
Stop the Information Services Catalog web application
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References
Change History
10 June 2014 Original 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.
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Internal Use Only
PSIRT 35748, see defect WI 202417 for relevant TechNote. Note that the original CVE (CVE-2014-3017) associated with this PSIRT was not used in the Security bulletin since it was a catch-all for a variety of security issues.
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Document Information
Modified date:
16 June 2018
UID
swg21674448