Security Bulletin: IBM® Intelligent Operations Center is vulnerable to an XML External Entity Injection (XXE) attack when processing XML data (CVE-2019-4419)

Security Bulletin

Summary

IBM® Intelligent Operations Center is vulnerable to an XML External Entity Injection (XXE) attack when processing XML data. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to expose sensitive information or consume memory resources.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2019-4419
DESCRIPTION: IBM Intelligent Operations Center (IOC) is vulnerable to an XML External Entity Injection (XXE) attack when processing XML data. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to expose sensitive information or consume memory resources.
CVSS Base Score: 7.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/162737 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

This vulnerability affects the following products and versions:

IBM® Intelligent Operations Center V5.1.0 - V5.2.0
IBM® Intelligent Operations Center for Emergency Management V5.1.0 - V5.1.0.6
IBM® Water Operations for Waternamics V5.1.0 - V5.2.1.1

Remediation/Fixes

The recommended solution is to apply an interim fix that contains the fix for this issue as soon as practical.

Product	VRMF	APAR	Remediation/First Fix
IBM® Intelligent Operations Center	V5.2.0	PO08144	Interim fix PO08144, or later
IBM® Intelligent Operations Center	V5.1.0 - V5.1.0.14	PO08148	Interim fix PO08148, or later
IBM® Water Operations for Waternamics	V5.1.0 - V5.2.1.1	PO08144	Interim fix PO08144, or later

For information about the latest available updates for IBM® Intelligent Operations Center see IBM Intelligent Operations Center V5.2 installation updates.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None.

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References

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Change History

05 August 2019: 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

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Security Bulletin: IBM® Intelligent Operations Center is vulnerable to an XML External Entity Injection (XXE) attack when processing XML data (CVE-2019-4419)