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Security Bulletin: Incorrect authorization in IBM Business Process Manager (BPM) Saved Search Admin (CVE-2014-4802)

Security Bulletin


Summary

When you create and run a saved search from the Saved Search Admin tab of the Process Admin Console, the result set might contain tasks or instances that the current user is not authorized to see.

Vulnerability Details

CVE ID: CVE-2014-4802

DESCRIPTION:
IBM Business Process Manager Saved Search Admin allows authenticated users to create named queries that might expose an unfiltered result set that the user is not authorized to see.

Note: The unauthorized user is not able to perform any actions on tasks or processes in the result list.

CVSS:
CVSS Base Score: 4.0
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/95304 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

  • IBM Business Process Manager Standard V8.0, 8.0.1, 8.5, and 8.5.5
  • IBM Business Process Manager Express V8.0, 8.0.1, 8.5, and 8.5.5
  • IBM Business Process Manager Advanced V8.0, 8.0.1, 8.5, and 8.5.5

Remediation/Fixes

Install interim fix JR50984 as appropriate for your current IBM Business Process Manager version.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

Complete CVSS v2 Guide
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Related Information

IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

Change History

06 October 2014: Original document publication

*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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Product Synonym

BPM

Document Information

Modified date:
15 June 2018

UID

swg21684771

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