Security Bulletin
Summary
IBM Business Process Manager and IBM Business Automation Workflow are vulnerable to blind SQL injection due to insufficient validation of user-provided input in an API.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2018-1674
DESCRIPTION: IBM Business Process Manager is vulnerable to SQL injection. A remote attacker could send specially-crafted SQL statements, which could allow the attacker to view, add, modify or delete information in the back-end database.
CVSS Base Score: 6.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/145109 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)
Affected Products and Versions
- IBM Business Process Manager V8.5.0.0 through V8.5.0.2
- IBM Business Process Manager V8.5.5.0
- IBM Business Process Manager V8.5.6.0 through V8.5.6.0 CF2
- IBM Business Process Manager V8.5.7.0 through V8.5.7.0 Cumulative Fix 2017.06
- IBM Business Process Manager V8.6.0.0 through V8.6.0.0 Cumulative Fix 2018.03
- IBM Business Automation Workflow V18.0.0.0 through V18.0.0.1 (released 2018.07)
The issue was introduced in the 8.5.0.x code stream. Earlier versions are not affected.
Remediation/Fixes
The recommended solution is to apply the Interim Fix (iFix) or Cumulative Fix (CF) containing APAR JR59569 as soon as practical:
- IBM Business Automation Workflow
- IBM Business Process Manager
- IBM Business Process Manager Advanced
- IBM Business Process Manager Standard
- IBM Business Process Manager Express
For IBM Business Automation Workflow V18.0.0.0 through V18.0.0.1
- Install CF 18.0.0.1 (released 2018.07) and then apply iFix JR59569
For IBM BPM V8.6.0.0 (released 2017.09) through V8.6.0.0 CF2018.03
- Install CF 2017.12 or later and then apply iFix JR59569 (Note that the BPM V8.6.0.0 CF2018.03 fix can be found by searching for Business Automation Workflow fixes)
For IBM BPM V8.5.7.0 through V8.5.7.0 CF 2017.06
- Install CF 2017.06 and then apply iFix JR59569
For IBM BPM V8.5.6.0 through V8.5.6.0 CF2
For IBM BPM V8.5.5.0
- Apply iFix JR59569
For IBM BPM V8.5.0.0 through V8.5.0.2
- Install Fix Pack 2 as required by iFix and then apply iFix JR59569
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Change History
19 September 2018: initial 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.
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Document Information
Modified date:
14 September 2022
UID
ibm10720035