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Security Bulletin: Dom4j Vulnerability affects IBM SPSS Statistics (CVE-2018-1000632)

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Summary

There is a vulnerability in the version of Dom4j that is part of IBM SPSS Statistics. IBM SPSS Statistics has addressed this vulnerability.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2018-1000632
DESCRIPTION:   dom4j could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by improper input validation in multiple methods. By sending a specially-crafted XML content, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS Base score: 7.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/148750 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)Version(s)
IBM SPSS Statistics 28.0

Remediation/Fixes

Upgrade software to IBM SPSS Statistics v. 29.0

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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Change History

13 Sep 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:
13 September 2022

Initial Publish date:
13 September 2022

UID

ibm16620049