Security Bulletin
Summary
XML Entity Expansion vulnerability (CVE-2018-1702) affects IBM Platform Symphony, IBM Spectrum Symphony
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2018-1702
DESCRIPTION: IBM Spectrum Symphony is vulnerable to a XML External Entity Injection (XXE) attack when processing XML data. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to expose sensitive information or consume memory resources.
CVSS Base Score: 7.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/146189 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L)
Affected Products and Versions
IBM Platform Symphony 7.1 Fix Pack 1 and 7.1.1
IBM Spectrum Symphony 7.1.2 and 7.2.0.2
Remediation/Fixes
The fixes can be downloaded from IBM Fix Central:
sym-7.1-build494537:
http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?product=ibm/Other+software/Platform+Symphony&release=All&platform=All&function=fixId&fixids=sym-7.1-build494537&includeSupersedes=0
sym-7.1.1-build494444:
http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?product=ibm/Other+software/Platform+Symphony&release=All&platform=All&function=fixId&fixids=sym-7.1.1-build494444&includeSupersedes=0
sym-7.1.2-build494315:
http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?product=ibm/Other+software/IBM+Spectrum+Symphony&release=All&platform=All&function=fixId&fixids=sym-7.1.2-build494315&includeSupersedes=0
sym-7.2.0.2-build494326
http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?product=ibm/Other+software/IBM+Spectrum+Symphony&release=All&platform=All&function=fixId&fixids=sym-7.2.0.2-build494326&includeSupersedes=0
Workarounds and Mitigations
None.
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References
Acknowledgement
Luca Baggio
Change History
August 1, 2018: Original version.
*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.
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Document Information
Modified date:
03 August 2018
UID
ibm10719659