Security Bulletin
Summary
Prospect Server is affected by Expat XML parsing vulnarability CVE-2019-15903 which may result in a heap-based buffer over-read.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2019-15903
DESCRIPTION: In libexpat before 2.2.8, crafted XML input could fool the parser into changing from DTD parsing to document parsing too early; a consecutive call to XML_GetCurrentLineNumber (or XML_GetCurrentColumnNumber) then resulted in a heap-based buffer over-read.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/166560 for the current score.
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
| Affected Product(s) | Version(s) |
| IBM Prospect | 8.0.7 |
| IBM Prospect | R42.2 |
Remediation/Fixes
A hotfix is available to update the Expat libraries to version 2.2.8. The hotfix also provides updated loader binaries as they are built using the static expat library.
Download the hotfix from below locations:
IBM Prospect 8.0.7.13 : https://testcase.boulder.ibm.com/fromibm/8.0.7.13_HF07
IBM Prospect R42.2 : sftp://hjsftp.persistent.co.in/R421HF04
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Change History
11 Dec 2019: Initial Publication
*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 Location
Worldwide
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Document Information
Modified date:
02 June 2020
Initial Publish date:
11 December 2019
UID
ibm16218942