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Security Bulletin: Denial of service vulnerability in IBM Business Automation Workflow (CVE-2018-1997)

Security Bulletin


Summary

A denial of service vulnerability has been found in IBM Business Automation Workflow.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:  CVE-2018-1997
DESCRIPTION: IBM Business Automation Workflow and Business Process Manager are vulnerable to a denial of service attack. An authenticated attacker might send a specially crafted request that exhausts server-side memory.
CVSS Base Score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See  https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/154774  for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

Affected Products and Versions

- IBM Business Automation Workflow V18.0.0.0 through V18.0.0.2

- IBM Business Process Manager V8.6.0.0 through V8.6.0.0 Cumulative Fix 2018.03 

- IBM Business Process Manager Advanced V8.5.7.0 through V8.5.7.0 Cumulative Fix 2017.06

- IBM Business Process Manager Advanced V8.5.6.0 through V8.5.6.0 Cumulative Fix 2

-IBM Business Process Manager Advanced V8.5.5.0

Remediation/Fixes

The recommended solution is to apply the Interim Fix (iFix) or Cumulative Fix (CF) containing APAR  JR60499 as soon as practical:


For IBM Business Automation Workflow V18.0.0.0 through V18.0.0.2
· Upgrade to minimal cumulative fix levels as required by iFix and then apply iFix  JR60499
Note that Business Automation Workflow 18.0.0.0 is a software bundle that includes IBM Business Process Manager V8.6.0.0 CF 2018.03. To download the fix for IBM Business Automation Workflow 18.0.0.0, download the fix labeled "8.6.0.201803-WS-BPM-IFJR60499".  
--OR--
· Apply cumulative fix Business Automation Workflow V19.0.0.1 

For IBM Business Process Manager V8.6.0.0 through V8.6.0.0 CF 2018.03
· Upgrade to minimal cumulative fix levels as required by iFix and then apply iFix  JR60499
Note that Business Automation Workflow 18.0.0.0 is a software bundle that includes IBM Business Process Manager V8.6.0.0 CF 2018.03. To download the fix for IBM Business Process Manager V8.6.0.0 CF 2018.03, download the fix labeled "8.6.0.201803-WS-BPM-IFJR60499".
--OR--
· Upgrade to Business Automation Workflow V19.0.0.1 

For IBM BPM V8.5.7.0 through V8.5.7.0 CF 2017.06
· Apply  Cumulative Fix 2017.06 and then apply iFix  JR60499
--OR--
· Upgrade to Business Automation Workflow V19.0.0.1 

For IBM BPM V8.5.6.0 through V8.5.6.0 CF 2
· Apply  CF2  and then apply iFix  JR60499
--OR--
· Upgrade to Business Automation Workflow V19.0.0.1

For IBM BPM V8.5.5.
· Apply iFix  JR60499
--OR--
· Upgrade to Business Automation Workflow V19.0.0.1

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

Complete CVSS v3 Guide
On-line Calculator v3

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Related Information

IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

Change History

4 April 2019: initial 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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Internal Use Only

Advisory ID    14355
Product Record ID  128580, 127497
 

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Document Information

Modified date:
14 September 2022

UID

ibm10794831

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