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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2015.0765
Security Bulletin: IBM Curam Social Program Management is
vulnerable to Java reflection attack(CVE-2014-8903)
27 March 2015
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: IBM Curam Social Program Management
Publisher: IBM
Operating System: AIX
HP-UX
Linux variants
Solaris
Windows
z/OS
Impact/Access: Execute Arbitrary Code/Commands -- Remote/Unauthenticated
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names: CVE-2014-8903
Original Bulletin:
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21700098
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Security Bulletin: IBM Curam Social Program Management is vulnerable to Java
reflection attack(CVE-2014-8903).
Security Bulletin
Document information
More support for:
Curam Social Program Management
Software version:
6.0, 6.0.4, 6.0.5
Operating system(s):
AIX, HP-UX, Linux, Solaris, Windows, z/OS
Reference #:
1700098
Modified date:
2015-03-26
Summary
IBM Curam Social Program Management is vulnerable to Java reflection attack
caused by external input that is used to specify a class. A remote attacker
could exploit this vulnerability by injecting arbitrary class names which will
be subsequently loaded.
Vulnerability Details
CVE-2014-8903
CVSS Base Score: 4.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/99186 for the
current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N)
Affected Products and Versions
IBM Curam Social Program Management: V6.0 SP2, 6.0.4 and 6.0.5.
NOTE: 6.0.5.5a is not affected
Remediation/Fixes
Product VRMF Remediation/First Fix
Curam SPM 6.0.5 Visit IBM Fix Central and upgrade to 6.0.5.6 or a subsequent
6.0.5 release
Curam SPM 6.0.4 Visit IBM Fix Central and upgrade to 6.0.4.5iFix10 or a
subsequent 6.0.4 release.
Curam SPM 6.0 SP2 Visit IBM Fix Central and upgrade to 6.0 SP2 EP26 or a
subsequent 6.0 SP2 release.
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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
26 March 2015 Initial 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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Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) is an "industry open standard
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FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. CUSTOMERS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ASSESSING THE IMPACT
OF ANY ACTUAL OR POTENTIAL SECURITY VULNERABILITY.
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