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Security Bulletin: Vulnerability has been identified in IBM Cloud Orchestrator teamwork API (CVE-2016-0206 )

Security Bulletin


Summary

A potential denial of service vulnerability has been identified in IBM Cloud Orchestrator teamwork executeServiceByName API if an invalid URL is provided by local authenticated user.

IBM Cloud Orchestrator, formerly known as IBM SmartCloud Orchestrator has addressed the issue.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2016-0206
DESCRIPTION: IBM Cloud Orchestrator could allow a local authenticated attacker to cause the server to slow down for a short period of time by using a specially crafted and malformed URL.
CVSS Base Score: 3.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/109395 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM Cloud Orchestrator V2.3, V2.3.0.1 V2.4, V2.4.0.1, V2.4.0.2

Remediation/Fixes

The recommended solution is to apply the fixes as soon as practical. Please see below for information on the fixes available.




ProductVRMFRemediation/First Fix
IBM Cloud OrchestratorV2.3, V2.3.0.1, V2.4, V2.4.0.1, V2.4.0.2IBM recommends upgrading to Fix Pack 3 (2.4.0.3) or later of IBM Cloud Orchestrator.
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27045667

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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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

Change History

30 October 2016: Original version published

*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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Internal Use Only

OLD Summary : IBM Cloud Orchestrator is affected by the vulnerability identified in JSON parsing malformed URL in teamwork executeServiceByName API Denial of Service.

[{"Product":{"code":"SS4KMC","label":"IBM SmartCloud Orchestrator"},"Business Unit":{"code":"BU053","label":"Cloud & Data Platform"},"Component":"Security","Platform":[{"code":"PF002","label":"AIX"},{"code":"PF016","label":"Linux"},{"code":"PF033","label":"Windows"}],"Version":"2.3;2.3.0.1;2.4;2.4.0.1;2.4.0.2","Edition":"All Editions","Line of Business":{"code":"LOB45","label":"Automation"}}]

Document Information

Modified date:
17 June 2018

UID

swg2C1000141

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