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Security Bulletin: Security Bulletin: Vulnerabilities in Ruby on Rails affect IBM License Metric Tool v9, IBM BigFix Inventory v9 and IBM Endpoint Manager for Software Use Analysis v9 & v2.2

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Summary

Vulnerabilities discovered in Ruby on Rails component affect IBM License Metric Tool v9, IBM BigFix Inventory v9 and IBM Endpoint Manager for Software Use Analysis v9 & v2.2.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2015-7576
DESCRIPTION:
Ruby on Rails could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by a timing attack in the basic authentication support in Action Controller. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain the username and password.
CVSS Base Score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/110099 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)

CVEID: CVE-2015-7577
DESCRIPTION:
Ruby on Rails could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by the improper handling of updates in combination with destroy flags when destroying records isdisabled by the nested attributes feature in Active Record. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to set attributes to invalid values.
CVSS Base Score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/110100 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)

CVEID: CVE-2015-7581
DESCRIPTION:
Ruby on Rails is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an object leak vulnerability for wildcard controllers in Action Pack. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to consume all available memory resources.
CVSS Base Score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/110104 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

CVEID: CVE-2016-0751
DESCRIPTION:
Ruby on Rails is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an object leak in Action Pack. By sending a specially crafted accept header, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base Score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/110105 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

CVEID: CVE-2016-0752
DESCRIPTION:
Ruby on Rails could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by an error in Action View. By sending a specially crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to view portions of files on the system.
CVSS Base Score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/110106 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)

CVEID: CVE-2016-0753
DESCRIPTION:
Ruby on Rails could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by input validation in Active Model. By sending specially crafted data, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to bypass security restrictions.
CVSS Base Score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/110107 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM License Metric Tool v9
IBM BigFix Inventory v9
IBM Endpoint Manager for Software Use Analysis v9 & v2.2

Remediation/Fixes

For v9, upgrade to version v9.2.4.0.

Use the following procedure:

  • In IBM Endpoint Manager console, expand IBM BigFix Inventory or IBM License Reporting (ILMT) node under Sites node in the tree panel.
  • Click Fixlets and Tasks node. Fixlets and Tasks panel will be displayed on the right.
  • In the Fixlets and Tasks panel locate Upgrade to the newest version of IBM BigFix Inventory 9.x or Upgrade to the newest version IBM License Metric Tool 9.x fixlet and run it against the computer that hosts your server.

Note: In an airgapped environment, you have to run BESAirgapTool and BESDownloadCacher first in order to update your site.

For v2.2, upgrade to IBM BigFix Inventory 9.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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Change History

<29 06 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

Review the IBM security bulletin disclaimer and definitions regarding your responsibilities for assessing potential impact of security vulnerabilities to your environment.

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Document Information

Modified date:
26 April 2021

UID

swg21985099