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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2016.2772
Security Bulletin: a vulnerability in MongoDB affects IBM
Performance Management products (CVE-2016-6494)
21 November 2016
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: IBM Performance Management
Publisher: IBM
Operating System: Linux variants
Impact/Access: Access Privileged Data -- Existing Account
Resolution: Mitigation
CVE Names: CVE-2016-6494
Original Bulletin:
https://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21993793
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Security Bulletin: a vulnerability in MongoDB affects IBM Performance
Management products (CVE-2016-6494)
Document information
More support for: IBM Monitoring
Software version: 8.1.2, 8.1.3
Operating system(s): Linux
Reference #: 1993793
Modified date: 17 November 2016
Security Bulletin
Summary
MongoDB could allow a local attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused
by incorrect file permissions on .dbshell history files. An attacker could
exploit this vulnerability to obtain sensitive information from .dbshell
history files.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2016-6494
DESCRIPTION: MongoDB could allow a local attacker to obtain sensitive
information, caused by incorrect file permissions on .dbshell history files.
An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain sensitive information
from .dbshell history files.
CVSS Base Score: 6.2
CVSS Temporal Score: See
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/117469 for the current
score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)
Affected Products and Versions
IBM Monitoring 8.1.2 and 8.1.3
IBM Application Diagnostics 8.1.2 and 8.1.3
IBM Application Performance Management 8.1.2 and 8.1.3
IBM Application Performance Management Advanced 8.1.2 and 8.1.3
Remediation/Fixes
See the "Workarounds and Mitigations" section of this bulletin for details.
Workarounds and Mitigations
Complete these steps on the system where MongoBD is installed:
1. Verify that the .dbshell history file is world readable.
On the system where MongoDB is installed, enter the following command:
[root@picard ~]#ls -al /root/.dbshell
Output similar to the following output is displayed:
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 9371 Nov 7 10:51 /root/.dbshell
If the last 'r' in the sample output is displayed, the world has read access
to this file.
2. To fix the issue, enter: chmod o-rwx /root/.dbshell
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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
*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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