Security Bulletin
Summary
Apache Santuario XML Security is shipoped as a component of IBM Tivoli Netcool Impact. Information about security vulnerabilitiy affecting Apache Santuario XML Security has been published in a security bulletin.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2021-40690
DESCRIPTION: Apache Santuario XML Security for Java could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by the improper passing of the "secureValidation" property when creating a KeyInfo from a KeyInfoReference element. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to abuse an XPath Transform to extract any local .xml files in a RetrievalMethod element.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/209586 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)
Affected Products and Versions
| Affected Product(s) | Version(s) |
| IBM Tivoli Netcool Impact | 7.1.0 |
Remediation/Fixes
| Product | VRMF | APAR | Remediation |
| IBM Tivoli Netcool Impact 7.1.0 | 7.1.0.25 | IJ37632 | Upgrade to IBM Tivoli Netcool Impact 7.1.0 FP25 |
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Change History
28 Feb 2022: 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:
31 March 2022
Initial Publish date:
28 February 2022
UID
ibm16568219