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Security Bulletin: IBM Content Collector affected by information disclosure vulnerability (CVE-2015-0146)

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Summary

IBM Content Collector for Email could allow a local attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by improper handling of a search query. This error occurs only for searches on IBM FileNet P8 systems that are configured with IBM Content Search Services.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2015-0146
DESCRIPTION: IBM Content Collector for Email could allow a local attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by improper handling of a search query. By using some specific query operator, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain access to documents that the logged on user is not authorized to access.
CVSS Base Score: 2.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/100761 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM Content Collector 3.0
IBM Content Collector 4.0

Remediation/Fixes

Product

VRMFRemediation/First Fix
IBM Content Collector 3.0.0.6Apply Interim Fix 3.0.0.6-IBM-ICC-Server-IF001, available from Fix Central
IBM Content Collector4.0.0.3Apply Interim Fix 4.0.0.3-IBM-ICC-Server-IF001 , available from Fix Central

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

Complete CVSS v2 Guide
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Related Information

IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

Change History

13 February 2015: Original version published.
11 March 2015: Update availability of 3.0.0.6-IBM-ICC-Server-IF001

*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:
17 June 2018

UID

swg21696594

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