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Security Bulletin: GDS component of IBM InfoSphere Master Data Management Collaborative Edition affected by various security vulnerabilities (CVE-2015-4960, CVE-2015-4958, CVE-2015-7414)

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Summary

GDS component of IBM InfoSphere Master Data Management - Collaborative Edition is vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting, Caching of HTTP response and Click-Jacking vulnerabilities.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2015-4960
DESCRIPTION:
IBM InfoSphere Master Data Management - Collaborative Edition could allow a remote attacker to hijack the clicking action of the victim. By persuading a victim to visit a malicious Web site, a remote attacker could send a specially-crafted HTTP request to hijack the victim's click actions or launch other client-side browser attacks.
CVSS Base Score: 4.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/105403 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N)

CVEID: CVE-2015-4958
DESCRIPTION: IBM InfoSphere Master Data Management - Collaborative Edition could allow a local attacker to retrieve sensitive information due to browser cache being stored on the system.
CVSS Base Score: 4
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/105252 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)

CVEID: CVE-2015-7414
DESCRIPTION: GDS component of IBM InfoSphere Master Data Management Collaborative Edition is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using a specially-crafted URL to execute script in a victim's Web browser within the security context of the hosting Web site, once the URL is clicked. An attacker could use this vulnerability to steal the victim's cookie-based authentication credentials.
CVSS Base Score: 5.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/107572 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM InfoSphere Master Data Management Collaborative Edition Versions 11.4, 11.3, 11.0, 10.1, 9.1.

Remediation/Fixes

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

ProductVRMFAPARRemediation/First Fix
IBM InfoSphere Master Data Man-agement - Collaborative Edition
11.4
NoneMDMCS 11.4.0.4-IF1
IBM InfoSphere Master Data Man-agement - Collaborative Edition
11.3
NoneMDMCS 11.3.0.0-IF7
IBM InfoSphere Master Data Man-agement - Collaborative Edition
11.0
NoneMDMCS 11.0.0.0-IF11
IBM InfoSphere Master Data Man-agement - Collaborative Edition
10.1
NoneContact IBM Support Team to upgrade Version 11.0 and above
IBM InfoSphere Master Data Man-agement Server for Product Infor-mation Management
9.1
NoneContact IBM Support Team to upgrade Version 11.0 and above

Workarounds and Mitigations

None known

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References

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Acknowledgement

None

Change History

12-January-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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Document Information

Modified date:
27 April 2022

UID

swg21971545