Security Bulletin
Summary
DataPower GUI is vulnerable to an XML External Entity Injection attack from a low-privileged DataPower account. IBM has addressed the applicable CVE
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2018-1421
DESCRIPTION: IBM DataPower Gateways 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/139023 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
DataPower versions 7.1.0.0-7.1.0.21, 7.2.0.0-7.2.0.18, 7.5.0.0-7.5.0.13, 7.5.1.0-7.5.1.12, 7.5.2.0-7.5.2.12, 7.6.0.0-7.6.0.5
Remediation/Fixes
Fix is available in versions 7.1.0.22, 7.2.0.19, 7.5.0.14, 7.5.1.13, 7.5.2.13, 7.6.0.6. Refer to APAR IT23854 for URLs to download the fix.
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Acknowledgement
The vulnerability was reported to IBM by Moshe Mizrahi
Change History
March 27 2018: 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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Document Information
Modified date:
15 June 2018
UID
swg22015055