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Security Bulletin: Information leakage vulnerability affect IBM Business Automation Workflow - CVE-2021-20358

Security Bulletin


Summary

IBM Business Automation Workflow may leak sensitive information in trace when emitting events for Business Automation Insights.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2021-20358
DESCRIPTION:   IBM Business Automation Insights stores potentially sensitive information in clear text in API connection log files. This information could be obtained by a user with permissions to read log files.
CVSS Base score: 6.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/194965 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions


Affected Product(s)Version(s)
IBM Business Automation WorkflowV20.0
V19.0.0.3

Remediation/Fixes

The recommended solution is to apply the Interim Fix (iFix) or Cumulative Fix (CF) containing APAR JR63129 as soon as practical:

For IBM Business Automation Workflow V19.0, and V20.0
· Upgrade to minimal cumulative fix levels as required by iFix and then apply iFix JR63129
--OR--
· Apply cumulative fix Business Automation Workflow V21.0.x

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

Complete CVSS v3 Guide
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Related Information

IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

Change History

08 Mar 2021: 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.

Disclaimer

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Document Location

Worldwide

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Document Information

Modified date:
08 March 2021

Initial Publish date:
08 March 2021

UID

ibm16426993

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