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Security Bulletin: IBM B2B Advanced Communications is Affected by an XML External Entity Injection (XXE) Attack when Processing XML Data

Created by Namrata Jaiswal on
Published URL:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/568207
568207

Security Bulletin


Summary

IBM B2B Advanced Communications has addressed a vulnerability (originally found in IBM Financial Transaction Manager) of an 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.

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 Multi-Enterprise Integration Gateway 1.0 - 1.0.0.1

IBM B2B Advanced Communications 1.0.0.2 - 1.0.0.6

Remediation/Fixes

Fix*

VRMFHow to acquire fix
iFix 1.0.0.6_11.0.0.6IBM Fix Central > B2B_Advanced_Communications_V1.0.0.6_1_iFix_Media
*Please note that the product has been renamed from IBM Multi-Enterprise Integration Gateway to IBM B2B Advanced Communications 1.0.0.2 onwards

B2B Advanced Communications users should upgrade to the latest version in order to resolve this vulnerability .

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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Change History

15 March 2018

*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:
16 June 2018

UID

swg22014656