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Security Bulletin: IBM Security Verify Governance is vulnerable to bypassing of security restrictions due to use of Apache Santuario XML Security (CVE-2019-12400, CVE-2021-40690)

Security Bulletin


Summary

IBM Security Verify Governance uses Apache Santuario XML Security for Java which could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions caused by a couple of vulnerabilities. This could allow the attacker to launch further attacks on the system (CVE-2019-12400, CVE-2021-40690). The fix includes upgrading the affected jar to the patched version.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2019-12400
DESCRIPTION:   Apache Santuario XML Security for Java could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by the loading of XML parsing code from an untrusted source. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to launch further attacks on the system when validating signed documents.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/165748 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)

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 Security Verify Governance10.0

Remediation/Fixes

Affected Product(s)

Version(s)

First Fix

IBM Security Verify Governance

10.0.1

10.0.1.0-ISS-ISVG-IGVA-FP0002

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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Change History

03 Nov 2022: Initial Publication

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Document Location

Worldwide

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Document Information

Modified date:
03 November 2022

UID

ibm16836921