Security Bulletin
Summary
IBM Tivoli Application Dependency Discovery Manager is vulnerable to cross-site request forgery which could allow an attacker to execute malicious and unauthorized actions transmitted from a user that the website trusts.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2018-1455
DESCRIPTION: IBM Tivoli Application Dependency Discovery Manager is vulnerable to cross-site request forgery which could allow an attacker to execute malicious and unauthorized actions transmitted from a user that the website trusts.
CVSS Base Score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/140090 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)
Affected Products and Versions
TADDM 7.2.2.5
TADDM 7.3.0 (7.3.0.0-7.3.0.4)
Remediation/Fixes
For the affected TADDM release (7.2.2, 7.3.0), there is an eFix prepared on top of the latest FixPack:
Fix | VRMF | APAR | How to acquire fix |
efix_Cross_Site_forgery_FP420171214.zip | 7.3.0.4 | None | |
efix_test_csrf_cve_2018_1455_FP520160209.zip | 7.2.2.5 | None |
Workarounds and Mitigations
If an eFix is required on any other TADDM version, please contact IBM Support. This fix contains TADDM code, if you have existing eFixes (ls -rlt etc/efix*), open a case for a custom version of this eFix. Include your current eFix level, TADDM version and a link to this bulletin.
The eFix is created to be installed on the above FixPack without any previously applied eFixes.
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References
Acknowledgement
The vulnerability was discovered by Jakub Tyrlik.
Change History
23-May-18: Original version published
11-Jun-18: Added eFix for 7.2.2.5
*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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Document Information
Modified date:
17 June 2018
UID
swg22016659