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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 =========================================================================== AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution ESB-2014.0731 Security Bulletin: IBM InfoSphere Information Server Metadata Workbench is vulnerable to cross-site request forgery attacks (CVE-2014-0933) 14 May 2014 =========================================================================== AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary --------------------------------- Product: IBM InfoSphere Metadata Workbench Publisher: IBM Operating System: AIX HP-UX Linux variants Solaris Windows Impact/Access: Cross-site Request Forgery -- Remote with User Interaction Resolution: Patch/Upgrade CVE Names: CVE-2014-0933 Original Bulletin: http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21671141 - --------------------------BEGIN INCLUDED TEXT-------------------- Security Bulletin: IBM InfoSphere Information Server Metadata Workbench is vulnerable to cross-site request forgery attacks (CVE-2014-0933) Document information More support for: InfoSphere Metadata Workbench Software version: 8.1, 8.5, 8.7, 9.1 Operating system(s): AIX, HP-UX, Linux, Solaris, Windows Reference #: 1671141 Modified date: 2014-05-09 Security Bulletin Summary Due to insufficient safeguards against cross-site request forgery in IBM InfoSphere Information Server Metadata Workbench, an attacker can trick a legitimate user into opening a URL that results in an action being taken as that user, potentially without the knowledge of that user. Any actions taken require that the legitimate user be already authenticated or to authenticate separately as part of the attack. Vulnerability Details CVE ID: CVE-2014-0933 CVSS: CVSS Base Score: 3.5 CVSS Temporal Score: See http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/92273 for the current score CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N) Affected Products and Versions IBM InfoSphere Information Server Metadata Workbench versions 8.1, 8.5, 8.7, and 9.1 running on all platforms Remediation/Fixes Product VRMF APAR Remediation/First Fix InfoSphere Information Server 9.1 JR49605 --Apply the IBM InfoSphere Information Server Metadata Workbench Security Patch InfoSphere Information Server 8.7 JR49605 Contact IBM customer support. InfoSphere Information Server 8.5 JR49605 Contact IBM customer support. InfoSphere Information Server 8.1 None Contact IBM customer support. Note: The same fix may be listed under multiple vulnerabilities. Installing the fix addresses all vulnerabilities to which the fix applies. Also, some fixes require installing both a fix pack and a subsequent patch. While the fix pack must be installed first, any additional patches required may be installed in any order. Workarounds and Mitigations None known, apply fixes 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 09 May 2014: 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. 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