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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 =========================================================================== AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution ESB-2014.1144 Security Bulletin: Invalid input vulnerability in InfoSphere BigInsights (CVE-2013-3993) 10 July 2014 =========================================================================== AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary --------------------------------- Product: IBM InfoSphere BigInsights Publisher: IBM Operating System: Red Hat SUSE Impact/Access: Unauthorised Access -- Existing Account Resolution: Patch/Upgrade CVE Names: CVE-2013-3993 Original Bulletin: http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21677445 - --------------------------BEGIN INCLUDED TEXT-------------------- Security Bulletin: Invalid input vulnerability in InfoSphere BigInsights (CVE-2013-3993) Security Bulletin Document information More support for: InfoSphere BigInsights Software version: 1.1.0, 1.2.0, 1.3.0, 1.4.0, 2.0.0, 2.1.0 Operating system(s): Linux Red Hat - pSeries, Linux Red Hat - xSeries, Linux SUSE - xSeries Reference #: 1677445 Modified date: 2014-07-03 Summary Certain APIs within BigInsights can take invalid input that might allow attackers unauthorized access to read, write, modify, or delete data. Vulnerability Details CVE-2013-3993 DESCRIPTION: Certain BigInsights APIs accept input parameters without parameter validation. These parameters can be manipulated to point to directories and files that the user does not have the right to access or that might contain malicious data/code. CVSS: CVSS Base Score: 3.5 CVSS Temporal Score: See http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/84982 CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N) Affected Products and Versions IBM InfoSphere BigInsights version 1.1 through 2.1.0.2 Remediation/Fixes For version 2.1 and 2.1.0.2: Upgrade to version InfoSphere BigInsights 2.1.0.3 For versions 1.1 through 2.0: Contact customer support. References Complete CVSS Guide On-line Calculator V2 Related information IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog *The CVSS Environment Score is customer environment specific and will ultimately impact the Overall CVSS Score. 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