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Security Bulletin: A vulnerability in XStream affects IBM InfoSphere Information Governance components

Created by Clyde Mendonca on
Published URL:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/562845
562845

Security Bulletin


Summary

A vulnerability in XStream was addressed by IBM InfoSphere Information Governance Catalog, IBM InfoSphere Information Server Business Glossary, and IBM InfoSphere Information Server Business Glossary Client for Eclipse.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2017-7957
DESCRIPTION: XStream is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by the improper handling of attempts to create an instance of the primitive type 'void' during unmarshalling. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/125800 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

Affected Products and Versions

The following product, running on all supported platforms, is affected:
IBM InfoSphere Information Governance Catalog: versions 9.1, 11.3, and 11.5
IBM InfoSphere Information Server Business Glossary Client for Eclipse: versions 11.3, and 11.5
IBM InfoSphere Information Server Business Glossary 9.1
IBM InfoSphere Information Server on Cloud version 11.5

Remediation/Fixes

Product

VRMFAPARRemediation/First Fix
InfoSphere Information Governance Catalog, Business Glossary Client for Eclipse, Information Server on Cloud11.5JR57991--Apply InfoSphere Information Server version 11.5.0.2
--Apply InfoSphere Information Server 11.5 Service Pack 2
InfoSphere Information Governance Catalog, Business Glossary Client for Eclipse11.3JR57991--Apply InfoSphere Information Server version 11.3.1.2
--Apply InfoSphere Information Governance Catalog Security patch
InfoSphere Business Glossary9.1JR57991--Apply InfoSphere Business Glossary Security patch

Contact Technical Support:
In the United States and Canada dial 1-800-IBM-SERV
View the support contacts for other countries outside of the United States.
Electronically open a Service Request with Information Server Technical Support.

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

Acknowledgement

None

Change History

15 September 2017: Original version published
29 September 2017: Published fix for versions 9.1 and 11.3

*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

swg22004784

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