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             AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution

                               ESB-2016.0900
    Security Bulletin: IBM InfoSphere Information Governance Catalog is
            vulnerable to XXE Injection Attack (CVE-2016-0250)
                               11 April 2016

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        AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product:           IBM InfoSphere Information Server
Publisher:         IBM
Operating System:  AIX
                   Linux variants
                   Solaris
                   Windows
Impact/Access:     Denial of Service        -- Existing Account
                   Access Confidential Data -- Existing Account
Resolution:        Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names:         CVE-2016-0250  

Original Bulletin: 
   http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21977152

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Security Bulletin: IBM InfoSphere Information Governance Catalog is
vulnerable to XXE Injection Attack (CVE-2016-0250)

Security Bulletin

Document information

More support for:

InfoSphere Information Server

Information Governance Catalog

Software version:

11.3, 11.5

Operating system(s):

AIX, Linux, Solaris, Windows

Reference #:

1977152

Modified date:

2016-04-07

Summary

IBM InfoSphere Information Governance Catalog could allow a remote
authenticated attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by a XML
external entity (XXE) error when processing XML data by the XML parser. A
remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to read arbitrary files on
the system or cause a denial of service.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:

CVE-2016-0250

DESCRIPTION:

IBM InfoSphere Information Governance Catalog could allow a remote
authenticated attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by a XML
external entity (XXE) error when processing XML data by the XML parser. A
remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to read arbitrary files on
the system or cause a denial of service.

CVSS Base Score: 5.4

CVSS Temporal Score: See

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/110510

for the current score

CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined

CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L)

Affected Products and Versions

The following product, running on all supported platforms, is affected:

IBM InfoSphere Information Governance Catalog: versions 11.3 and 11.5

Remediation/Fixes

Product                                    VRMF    APAR     Remediation/First Fix
InfoSphere Information Governance Catalog  11.5    JR55283  Contact IBM Customer Support
InfoSphere Information Governance Catalog  11.3    JR55283  --Apply IBM InfoSphere Information Server version 11.3.1.2
                                                            --Apply IBM InfoSphere Information Governance Catalog Security patch

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

Complete CVSS v3 Guide

On-line Calculator v3

Related information

IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal

IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

Acknowledgement

The vulnerability was reported to IBM by Artur Czyz (Company: Prevenity,
E-Mail: vr@prevenity.com, Website: www.prevenity.com)

Change History

07 April 2016: 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.

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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