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             AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution

                               ESB-2013.1589
Security Bulletin: IBM Enterprise Content Management Widgets and potential
         Apache Xerces-J denial of service attack (CVE-2013-5372)
                              7 November 2013

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        AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product:           IBM Enterprise Content Management Widgets
Publisher:         IBM
Operating System:  AIX
                   Windows
Impact/Access:     Denial of Service -- Remote with User Interaction
Resolution:        Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names:         CVE-2013-5372  

Reference:         ESB-2013.1492

Original Bulletin: 
   http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21654712

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Security Bulletin: IBM Enterprise Content Management Widgets and potential 
Apache Xerces-J denial of service attack (CVE-2013-5372)

Flash (Alert)

Document information

FileNet Business Process Framework

Software version:
4.1.0

Operating system(s):
AIX, Windows

Reference #:
1654712

Modified date:
2013-10-30

Abstract

Potential denial of service attack due to usage of Apace Xerces-J against IBM 
Enterprise Content Management Widgets

Content

VULNERABILITY DETAILS:

CVEID: CVE-2013-5372

DESCRIPTION:
The Apache Xerces-J XML parser is potentially vulnerable to a denial of 
service attack, triggered by a specially crafted XML document

CVSS Base Score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/86662
for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

AFFECTED PRODUCTS AND VERSIONS:
IBM Enterprise Content Management Widgets V4.5.1

Note: IBM ECM Widgets V4.5.2 & later versions are not impacted by this 
potential vulnerability.

REMEDIATION:

Product 		VRMF 	APAR 	Remediation/First Fix

IBM Enterprise Content 	V4.5.1 	None 	Please contact IBM Software Support to 
Management Widgets 			acquire a fix for this release or 
					upgrade to later versions of IBM 
					Enterprise Content Management Widgets.

WORKAROUNDS AND MITIGATION:
None

REFERENCES:
 Complete CVSS Guide
 On-line Calculator V2

RELATED INFORMATION:
IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
None

CHANGE HISTORY
4 November 2013: Original Copy 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 Flash.

Note: According to the Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams (FIRST), 
the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) is an "industry open standard 
designed to convey vulnerability severity and help to determine urgency and 
priority of response." IBM PROVIDES THE CVSS SCORES "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY 
OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS
FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. CUSTOMERS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ASSESSING THE 
IMPACT OF ANY ACTUAL OR POTENTIAL SECURITY VULNERABILITY.

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IBM, the IBM logo and ibm.com are trademarks of International Business 
Machines Corp., registered in many jurisdictions worldwide. Other product and
service names might be trademarks of IBM or other companies. A current list 
of IBM trademarks is available on the Web at "Copyright and trademark 
information" at www.ibm.com/legal/copytrade.shtml.

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