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Security Bulletin: Incorrect authorization in IBM Business Automation Workflow and IBM Business Process Manager (BPM)

Security Bulletin


Summary

IBM Business Process Manager and IBM Business Automation Workflow allow an authenticated user to obtain sensitive information about another user.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2021-29751
DESCRIPTION:   IBM Business Automation Workflow could allow an authenticated user to obtain sensitive information about another user under nondefault configurations.
CVSS Base score: 3.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/201779 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions


Affected Product(s)Version(s)
IBM Business Automation WorkflowV20.0
V19.0
V18.0
IBM Business Process ManagerV8.6
V8.5


For earlier and unsupported versions of the products, IBM recommends upgrading to a fixed, supported version of the product.


Remediation/Fixes

The recommended solution is to apply the Interim Fix (iFix) or Cumulative Fix (CF) containing APAR JR63662 as soon as practical:

For IBM Business Automation Workflow V18.0, V19.0, and V20.0
· Upgrade to minimal cumulative fix levels as required by iFix and then apply iFix JR63662
--OR--
· Apply cumulative fix Business Automation Workflow V21.0.2 or later

For IBM Business Process Manager V8.6
· Upgrade to minimal cumulative fix levels as required by iFix and then apply iFix JR63662
--OR--
· Upgrade to Business Automation Workflow V21.0.2 or later

For IBM BPM V8.5
· Upgrade to IBM BPM V8.5.7, apply Cumulative Fix 2017.06 and then apply iFix JR63662
--OR--
· Upgrade to Business Automation Workflow V21.0.2 or later

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

25 Jun 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:
25 June 2021

UID

ibm16467055

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