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Security Bulletin: IBM Tivoli Federated Identity Manager is affected by an XML External Entity vulnerability (CVE-2016-2908)

Created by Yingye Liu on
Published URL:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/557449
557449

Security Bulletin


Summary

IBM Tivoli Federated Identity Manager could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by an XML external entity (XXE) error when processing XML data by the XML parser.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2016-2908
DESCRIPTION: IBM Security Access Manager could allow a remote 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: 6.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/113235 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:L)

Affected Products and Versions


IBM Tivoli Federated Identity Manager 6.2.0
IBM Tivoli Federated Identity Manager 6.2.1
IBM Tivoli Federated Identity Manager 6.2.2

Remediation/Fixes

IBM has provided patches for all affected versions. Follow the installation instructions in the README files included with the patch.

ProductVRMFAPARRemediation
IBM Tivoli Federated Identity Manager6.2.2IV95727Apply fixpack 6.2.2-TIV-TFIM-FP0017.
IBM Tivoli Federated Identity Manager6.2.1N/ACustomers will need to upgrade to Tivoli Federated Identity Manager 6.2.2.17.
IBM Tivoli Federated Identity Manager6.2.0N/ACustomers will need to upgrade to Tivoli Federated Identity Manager 6.2.2.17.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None.

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References

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Related Information

IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

Acknowledgement

IBM X-Force Ethical Hacking Team: Paul Ionescu, Warren Moynihan, Jonathan Fitz-Gerald, John Zuccato, Rodney Ryan, Chris Shepherd, Dmitryi Beryoza

Change History

May 17, 2017: Updated summary.
May 11, 2017: 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.

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:
16 June 2018

UID

swg22001175

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