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Security Bulletin: Public disclosed vulnerability from Apache Struts affects IBM Platform Application Center

Created by Jian Jin on
Published URL:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/729451
729451

Security Bulletin


Summary

Public disclosed vulnerability (CVE-2018-11776) from Apache Struts affects IBM Platform Application Center.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2018-11776
DESCRIPTION: Apache Struts namespace code execution

CVSS Base Score: 9.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/148694 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

Affected Products and Versions

Platform Application Center 9.1.5

Platform Application Center 9.1.4.2

Platform Application Center 9.1.4.1

Platform Application Center 9.1.4

Platform Application Center 9.1.3

Platform Application Center 9.1.2

Platform Application Center 9.1.1

Platform Application Center 9.1

Remediation/Fixes

<Product

VRMF

APAR

Remediation/First Fix

Platform Application Center

9.1.5

None

See fix below

Platform Application Center

9.1.4.2

None

See fix below

Platform Application Center

9.1.4.1

None

See fix below

Platform Application Center

9.1.4

None

See fix below

Platform Application Center

9.1.3

None

See fix below

Platform Application Center

9.1.2

None

See fix below

Platform Application Center

9.1.1

None

See fix below

Platform Application Center

9.1

None

See fix below

 

Platform Application Center 9.1.5, 9.1.4.2, 9.1.4.1, 9.1.4, 9.1.3, 9.1.2, 9.1.1, 9.1

  1. Download Apache Struts 2.5.17 from following link, https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/WW/S2-057
  2. Replace the downloaded files (struts2-core-2.5.17.jar, struts2-json-plugin-2.5.17.jar and struts2-spring-plugin-2.5.17.jar) into Application Center installed environment.
  3. How to find replace files location
    • Navigate to PAC installed directory
    • run command ‘find . -name "*struts*.jar"’

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References

Complete CVSS v3 Guide
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Related Information

IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

Change History

28 Aug, 2018: original version created

*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 Information

Modified date:
25 September 2018

UID

ibm10729451

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