Security Bulletin: IBM Tivoli Netcool Impact is affected by an Open Source Apache Poi vulnerability (CVE-2017-5644)

Security Bulletin

Summary

IBM Tivoli Netcool Impact has addressed the following vulnerability Open Source Apache Poi vulnerability (CVE-2017-5644).

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2017-5644
DESCRIPTION: Apache POI is vulnerable to a denial of service, cause by an XML External Entity Injection (XXE) error when processing XML data. By using a specially-crafted OOXML file, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to consume all available CPU resources.
CVSS Base Score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/123699 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)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM Tivoli Netcool Impact 7.1.0

Remediation/Fixes

IBM Tivoli Netcool Impact	7.1.0.12	None	IBM Tivoli Netcool Impact 7.1.0 FP12

Please also note the end of support announcement from 12 September 2017 for selected Netcool product versions. You can find detailed information on whether the product version you have installed in your environment is affected by this end of service announcement by following the Netcool End of Support Knowledge Collection. If your product version is affected, IBM recommend to upgrade your product version to the latest supported version of your product. Please contact your IBM account manager for any question you might have or for any assistance you may require for upgrading an end of service announced offering.

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References

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Change History

1 March 2018: 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 Tivoli Netcool Impact is affected by an Open Source Apache Poi vulnerability (CVE-2017-5644)