Security Bulletin: IBM Security Guardium is affected by XML External Entity vulnerability (CVE-2017-1254)

Security Bulletin

Summary

IBM Security Guardium is vulnerable XML External Entity Injection (XXE) error when processing XML data. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to expose highly sensitive information or consume memory resources. IBM Security Guardium has fixed this vulnerability

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2017-1254
DESCRIPTION: IBM Security Guardium is vulnerable XML External Entity Injection (XXE) error when processing XML data. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to expose highly sensitive information or consume memory resources.
CVSS Base Score: 7.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/124634 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 Security Guardium V10.0, 10.0.1, 10.1, 10.1.2

Remediation/Fixes

Product	VRMF	Remediation/First Fix
IBM Security Guardium	10x	https://www-945.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=IBM%2BSecurity&product=ibm/Information+Management/InfoSphere+Guardium&release=All&platform=All&function=fixId&fixids=SqlGuard_10.0p230_GPU_Jun-2017-V10.1.3&includeSupersedes=0&source=fc

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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Change History

06/29/17: 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.

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Security Bulletin: IBM Security Guardium is affected by XML External Entity vulnerability (CVE-2017-1254)