Security Bulletin: Vulnerabilities in Dojo and dom4j libraries affect Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus WebGUI (CVE-2020-10683, CVE-2021-23450)

Security Bulletin

Summary

Fix is available for vulnerabilities in Dojo and dom4j libraries affecting Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus WebGUI (CVE-2020-10683, CVE-2021-23450). Dojo is used by Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus WebGUI as part of its web client component. dom4j was required by Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus WebGUI as part of Apache POI dependency for Seasonal Event Graphs export feature. The fix includes Dojo v1.17.0 and removes dom4j.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2020-10683
DESCRIPTION: dom4j could allow a remote authenticated attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by an XML external entity (XXE) error when processing XML data. By sending specially crafted XML data, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain sensitive information.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/181356 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)

CVEID: CVE-2021-23450
DESCRIPTION: Dojo could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by a prototype pollution in the setObject function. By sending a specially-crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS Base score: 9.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/216463 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)	Version(s)
IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus_GUI	8.1.0 FP25 and earlier

Remediation/Fixes

Product	VRMF	APAR	Remediation/First Fix
Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus WebGUI	8.1.0	IJ38108, IJ38111	Apply Fix Pack 26 (Fix Pack for WebGUI 8.1.0 Fix Pack 26)

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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Change History

31 Mar 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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Security Bulletin: Vulnerabilities in Dojo and dom4j libraries affect Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus WebGUI (CVE-2020-10683, CVE-2021-23450)