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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 =========================================================================== 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 =========================================================================== AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary --------------------------------- 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 - --------------------------BEGIN INCLUDED TEXT-------------------- 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. 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