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Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in Node.js affects IBM Process Mining (CVE-2019-5484)

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Summary

There is a vulnerability in Node.js that could allow a local attacker to launch a symlink attack. The code is used by IBM Process Mining. This bulletin identifies the security fixes to apply to address the vulnerability.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2019-5484
DESCRIPTION:   Node.js bower module could allow a local attacker to launch a symlink attack. The bower module creates temporary files insecurely. A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability by creating a symbolic link from a temporary file to various files on the system, which could allow the attacker to overwrite arbitrary files on the system with elevated privileges.
CVSS Base score: 4
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/156341 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Products/Versions guidance:

Affected Product(s)Version(s)
IBM Process Mining1.12.0.3
  

 

Remediation/Fixes

Remediation/Fixes guidance:

Product(s)Version(s) number and/or range Remediation/Fix/Instructions
IBM Process Mining1.12.0.3

Upgrade to version 1.12.0.4

1.Login to PassPortAdvantage

2. Search for
M05JKML Process Mining 1.12.0.4 Server Multiplatform Multilingual

3. Download package

4. Follow install instructions

5. Repeat for M05JJML Process Mining 1.12.0.4 Client Windows Multilingual

   

 

Workarounds and Mitigations

Workarounds/Mitigation guidance:

None known

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References

Complete CVSS v3 Guide
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Reference guidance:

Review this information as needed and upgrade.

 

Related Information

IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

Acknowledgement

Change History

08 Apr 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.

Disclaimer

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Document Location

Worldwide

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Document Information

Modified date:
01 February 2023

Initial Publish date:
08 April 2022

UID

ibm16574025

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