Security Bulletin
Summary
A vulnerability related to DOS attach has been found in XMLBeans which hipped with IBM® Intelligent Operations Center. Information about these vulnerabilities affecting IBM® Intelligent Operations Center have been published and addressed the applicable CVEs.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2021-23926
DESCRIPTION: Apache XMLBeans is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an XML external entity (XXE) error when processing XML data. By sending a specially-crafted XML request, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service or obtain sensitive information.
CVSS Base score: 6.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/194818 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L)
Affected Products and Versions
| Affected Product(s) | Version(s) |
| Intelligent Operations Center (IOC) | All |
Remediation/Fixes
The recommended solution is to apply an interim fix that contains the fix for this issue as soon as practical.
Download the IBM Intelligent Operations Center Version 5.2.3 is an upgrade to IBM Intelligent Operations Center Version 5.2.2 through IBM Intelligent Operations Center Version 5.2 from the following link:
IBM Intelligent Operations Center Version 5.2.3
Installation instructions for the fix are included in the readme document that is in the fix package.
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Change History
08 Aug 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:
08 September 2022
Initial Publish date:
08 August 2022
UID
ibm16619071