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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2016.2537
Security Bulletin: IBM InfoSphere Information Server is vulnerable to
Cross-Frame Scripting issue (CVE-2016-5984)
31 October 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: Cross-site Scripting -- Remote with User Interaction
Denial of Service -- Existing Account
Access Confidential Data -- Existing Account
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names: CVE-2016-6059 CVE-2016-5984
Original Bulletin:
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21991682
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21991683
Comment: This bulletin contains two (2) IBM security advisories.
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Security Bulletin: IBM InfoSphere Information Server is vulnerable to
Cross-Frame Scripting issue (CVE-2016-5984)
Software version: 11.3, 11.5
Operating system(s): AIX, Linux, Solaris, Windows
Reference #: 1991682
Modified date: 28 October 2016
Summary
IBM InfoSphere Information Server is vulnerable to cross-frame scripting,
caused by insufficient HTML iframe protection. Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2016-5984
DESCRIPTION: IBM InfoSphere Information Server is vulnerable to cross-frame
scripting, caused by insufficient HTML iframe protection. A remote attacker
could exploit this vulnerability using a specially-crafted URL to navigate to
a web page the attacker controls. An attacker could use this vulnerability to
conduct clickjacking or other client-side browser attacks.
CVSS Base Score: 6.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/116554 for the current
score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N)
Affected Products and Versions
The following product, running on all supported platforms, is affected:
IBM Information Server Framework: versions 11.3, and 11.5
IBM InfoSphere Information Server on Cloud: version 11.5
Remediation/Fixes
Product VRMF APAR Remediation/First Fix
InfoSphere Information Server, 11.5 JR56565 --Apply IBM InfoSphere Information Server version 11.5.0.1
Information Server on Cloud --Apply IBM InfoSphere Information Server Framework Security patch
InfoSphere Information Server 11.3 JR56565 --For IBM InfoSphere Information
Server Framework contact IBM Customer Support
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
None
Change History
28 October 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.
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Security Bulletin: Security Bulletin: InfoSphere Information Server is
vulnerable to XML External Entity Injection (XXE) (CVE-2016-6059)
Software version: 11.3, 11.5
Operating system(s): AIX, Linux, Solaris, Windows
Reference #: 1991683
Modified date: 28 October 2016
Summary
IBM InfoSphere Information Server is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused
by an XML External Entity Injection (XXE) error when processing XML data.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2016-6059
DESCRIPTION: IBM InfoSphere Information Server is vulnerable to a denial of
service, caused by an XML External Entity Injection (XXE) error when
processing XML data. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to
expose highly sensitive information or consume all available memory resources.
CVSS Base Score: 7.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/117232 for the current
score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L)
Affected Products and Versions
The following product, running on all supported platforms, is affected:
IBM Information Server Framework: versions 11.3, and 11.5
IBM InfoSphere Information Server on Cloud: version 11.5
Remediation/Fixes
Product VRMF APAR Remediation/First Fix
InfoSphere Information Server, 11.5 JR56569 --Apply IBM InfoSphere Information Server version 11.5.0.1
Information Server on Cloud --Apply IBM InfoSphere Information Server Framework Security patch
InfoSphere Information Server 11.3 JR56569 --For IBM InfoSphere Information
Server Framework contact IBM Customer Support
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
Get Notified about Future Security Bulletins
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alerts like this.
References
Complete CVSS v3 Guide
On-line Calculator v3
Related information
IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog
Acknowledgement
None
Change History
28 October 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.
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