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Security Bulletin: IBM InfoSphere Governance Catalog is affected by an Improper Access Control vulnerability

Security Bulletin


Summary

An Improper Access Control vulnerability was addressed by IBM InfoSphere Governance Catalog.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2018-1899
DESCRIPTION: IBM InfoSphere Information Server could allow an attacker to change one of the settings related to InfoSphere Business Glossary Anywhere due to improper access control.
CVSS Base Score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/152528 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

The following products, running on all supported platforms, are affected:

IBM InfoSphere Information Governance Catalog: versions 11.3, 11.5, and 11.7

IBM InfoSphere Information Server on Cloud: version 11.5, and 11.7

Remediation/Fixes

Product

VRMF

APAR

Remediation/First Fix

InfoSphere Information Governance Catalog, Information Server on Cloud

11.7

JR60196

--Apply IBM InfoSphere Information Server version 11.7.0.2

--Apply IBM InfoSphere Information Server 11.7.0.2 Service Pack 1

InfoSphere Information Governance Catalog, Information Server on Cloud

11.5

JR60196

--Apply IBM InfoSphere Information Server version 11.5.0.2

--Apply IBM InfoSphere Information Server 11.5 Service Pack 5

InfoSphere Information Governance Catalog

11.3

JR60196

--Apply IBM InfoSphere Information Server version 11.3.1.2
--Apply Information Governance Catalog Security patch


For IBM InfoSphere Information Server version 9.1, IBM recommends upgrading to a fixed, supported version/release/platform of the product.

Contact Technical Support:

In the United States and Canada dial 1-800-IBM-SERV
View the support contacts for other countries outside of the United States.
Electronically open a Service Request with Information Server Technical Support.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

Complete CVSS v3 Guide
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Related Information

IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

Acknowledgement

None

Change History

04 December 2018: Original version published
14 January 2019: Fix for release 11.7 is available
12 April 2019: Fix for release 11.3 is available

*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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Internal Use Only

PSIRT 124014

[{"Business Unit":{"code":"BU059","label":"IBM Software w\/o TPS"},"Product":{"code":"SSZJPZ","label":"IBM InfoSphere Information Server"},"Component":"InfoSphere Governance Catalog","Platform":[{"code":"PF002","label":"AIX"},{"code":"PF016","label":"Linux"},{"code":"PF033","label":"Windows"}],"Version":"11.3;11.5;11.7","Edition":"","Line of Business":{"code":"LOB10","label":"Data and AI"}}]

Document Information

Modified date:
12 April 2019

UID

ibm10744029

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