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Security Bulletin: IBM Disposal and Governance Management for IT and IBM Global Retention Policy and Schedule Management vulnerable to cross-site request forgery (CSRF)

Security Bulletin


Summary

The "notice confirmation" functionality in IBM Disposal and Governance Management for IT and IBM Global Retention Policy and Schedule Management, components of IBM Atlas Policy Suite, is impacted by a vulnerability that allows cross-site request forgery. Both products have addressed this vulnerability.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2016-6100
DESCRIPTION: IBM Disposal and Governance Management for IT is vulnerable to cross-site request forgery which could allow an attacker to execute malicious and unauthorized actions transmitted from a user that the website trusts.
CVSS Base Score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/118256 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM Disposal and Governance Management for IT v6.0 - 6.0.2
IBM Global Retention Policy and Schedule Management v6.0 - 6.0.2
IBM Disposal and Governance Management for IT v6.0.3 - 6.0.3.4
IBM Global Retention Policy and Schedule Management v6.0.3 - 6.0.3.4

Remediation/Fixes

Fix*

VRMFAPARHow to acquire fix
IBM Disposal and Governance Management for IT6.0 - 6.0.2NoneSee Workarounds and Mitigations section
IBM Global Retention Policy and Schedule Management6.0 - 6.0.2NoneSee Workarounds and Mitigations section
IBM Disposal and Governance Management for IT6.0.3 - 6.0.3.4NoneContact support to verify your release to obtain the fix
IBM Global Retention Policy and Schedule Management6.0.3 - 6.0.3.4NoneContact support to verify your release to obtain the fix

    Workarounds and Mitigations

    IBM Disposal and Governance Management for IT v6.0 - 6.0.2 - Upgrade to v.6.0.3 and contact support for the fix
    IBM Global Retention Policy and Schedule Management v6.0 - 6.0.2 - Upgrade to v.6.0.3 and contact support for the fix

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    References

    Complete CVSS v2 Guide
    On-line Calculator v2

    Complete CVSS v3 Guide
    On-line Calculator v3

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    Related Information

    IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
    IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

    Acknowledgement

    The vulnerability was reported to IBM by Kiran Shirali from eBay

    Change History

    Original Version Published: 30th March 2017

    *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

    According to the Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams (FIRST), the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) is an "industry open standard designed to convey vulnerability severity and help to determine urgency and priority of response." IBM PROVIDES THE CVSS SCORES ""AS IS"" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. CUSTOMERS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ASSESSING THE IMPACT OF ANY ACTUAL OR POTENTIAL SECURITY VULNERABILITY.

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    Document Information

    Modified date:
    17 June 2018

    UID

    swg22000771

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