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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2014.2411.2
Security Bulletin: Privilege Escalation and Cross Site Scripting
vulnerabilities in IBM InfoSphere MDM Collaborative Edition (CVE-2014-8896,
CVE-2014-8897, CVE-2014-8898, CVE-2014-8899)
24 December 2014
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: IBM InfoSphere MDM Collaborative Edition
Publisher: IBM
Operating System: AIX
Linux variants
Solaris
Windows
Impact/Access: Administrator Compromise -- Existing Account
Cross-site Scripting -- Remote with User Interaction
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names: CVE-2014-8899 CVE-2014-8898 CVE-2014-8897
CVE-2014-8896
Original Bulletin:
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21692176
Revision History: December 24 2014: Remediations/Fixes updated with 11.4 link
December 16 2014: Initial Release
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Security Bulletin: Privilege Escalation and Cross Site Scripting
vulnerabilities in IBM InfoSphere Master Data Management Collaborative Edition
(CVE-2014-8896, CVE-2014-8897, CVE-2014-8898, CVE-2014-8899)
Document information
More support for:
InfoSphere Master Data Management Collaboration Server
Software version:
10.0, 10.1, 11.0, 11.3, 11.4
Operating system(s):
AIX, Linux, Solaris, Windows
Reference #:
1692176
Modified date:
2014-12-19
Security Bulletin
Summary
Privilege Escalation vulnerability in IBM InfoSphere Master Data Management -
Collaborative Edition could allow an escalation of privilege attack. Cross
Site Scripting vulnerabilities in IBM InfoSphere Master Data Management -
Collaborative Edition are caused by improper validation of user-supplied
input. A remote attacker can use a specially crafted URL to run scripts in a
victim's web browser within the security context of the hosting website after
the URL is clicked. An attacker can use this vulnerability to steal the
victim's cookie-based authentication credentials.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2014-8896
DESCRIPTION: IBM Master Data Management Collaboration Server could allow an
authenticated user to modify the authentication credentials of the
administrator, which would give the attacker administrator access.
CVSS Base Score: 8.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/99049 for the
current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
CVEID: CVE-2014-8897
DESCRIPTION: IBM Master Data Management Collaboration Server is vulnerable to
stored cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied
input. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using a
specially-crafted URL to execute script in a victim's Web browser within the
security context of the hosting Web site, once the URL is clicked. An attacker
could use this vulnerability to steal the victim's cookie-based authentication
credentials.
CVSS Base Score: 3.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/99050 for the
current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N)
CVEID: CVE-2014-8898
DESCRIPTION: IBM Master Data Management Collaboration Server is vulnerable to
reflective cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of
user-supplied input. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using
a specially-crafted URL to execute script in a victim's Web browser within the
security context of the hosting Web site, once the URL is clicked. An attacker
could use this vulnerability to steal the victim's cookie-based authentication
credentials.
CVSS Base Score: 3.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/99051 for the
current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N)
CVEID: CVE-2014-8899
DESCRIPTION: IBM Master Data Management Collaboration Server is vulnerable to
reflective cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of
user-supplied input. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using
a specially-crafted URL to execute script in a victim's Web browser within the
security context of the hosting Web site, once the URL is clicked. An attacker
could use this vulnerability to steal the victim's cookie-based authentication
credentials.
CVSS Base Score: 3.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/99052 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 Master Data Management - Collaborative Edition Versions 11.4,
11.3, 11.0, 10.1 and 10.0.
IBM InfoSphere Master Data Management Server for Product Information
Management Versions 9.1 and 9.0.
Remediation/Fixes
The recommended solution is to apply the fix as soon as practical. Please see
below for information on the fixes available.
Product VRMF APAR Remediation/First Fix
IBM InfoSphere Master Data Management 11.4 None 11.4-FP1
- - Collaborative Edition
IBM InfoSphere Master Data Management 11.3 None Available by 15 January 2015
- - Collaborative Edition
IBM InfoSphere Master Data Management 11.0 None 11.0-FP7
- - Collaborative Edition
IBM InfoSphere Master Data Management 10.1/10.0 None Available by 15 January 2015
- - Collaborative Edition
IBM InfoSphere Master Data Management 9.1/9.0 None Available by 15 January 2015
Server for Product Information
Management
Workarounds and Mitigations
None known
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References
Complete CVSS Guide
On-line Calculator V2
Related information
IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog
Change History
12-December-2014: Original version published
18-December-2014: Remediations/Fixes updated with 11.4 link
*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
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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