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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2017.1081
Security Bulletin: IBM WebSphere Cast Iron Solution is affected by XML
External Entity Injection and External Service Interaction vulnerabilities
2 May 2017
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: IBM WebSphere Cast Iron Solution
Publisher: IBM
Operating System: Network Appliance
Virtualisation
Impact/Access: Access Privileged Data -- Remote/Unauthenticated
Denial of Service -- Remote/Unauthenticated
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names: CVE-2016-9692 CVE-2016-9691
Original Bulletin:
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21998014
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Security Bulletin: IBM WebSphere Cast Iron Solution is affected by XML
External Entity Injection and External Service Interaction vulnerabilities
(CVE-2016-9691, CVE-2016-9692)
Document information
More support for: WebSphere Cast Iron Cloud integration
Software version: 7.0.0, 7.0.0.1, 7.0.0.2, 7.5.0.0, 7.5.0.1, 7.5.1.0
Operating system(s): Firmware
Software edition: Physical, Virtual
Reference #: 1998014
Modified date: 01 May 2017
Security Bulletin
Summary
There are XML External Entity Injection and External Service Interaction
vulnerabilities reported in WebSphere Cast Iron Solution. WebSphere Cast
Iron Solution has remediated the affected versions.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2016-9691
DESCRIPTION: IBM WebSphere Cast Iron Solution 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: 8.6
CVSS Temporal Score: See
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/119515 for the
current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L)
CVEID: CVE-2016-9692
DESCRIPTION: IBM WebSphere CastIron is vulnerable to External Service
Interaction attack, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input. A
remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to induce the application
to perform server-side DNS lookups or HTTP requests to arbitrary domain
names. By submitting suitable payloads, an attacker can cause the application
server to attack other systems that it can interact with.
CVSS Base Score: 8.6
CVSS Temporal Score: See
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/119516 for the
current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H)
Affected Products and Versions
WebSphere Cast Iron Solution v 7.5.1.0, v 7.5.0.1, v 7.5.0.0
WebSphere Cast Iron Solution v 7.0.0.2, v 7.0.0.1, v 7.0.0
Remediation/Fixes
Product VRMF APAR Remediation/First Fix
Cast Iron Appliance v 7.5.1.0, v 7.5.0.1, v 7.5.0.0 LI79537 iFix 7.5.1.0-CUMUIFIX-009
Cast Iron Appliance v 7.0.0.2, v 7.0.0.1, v 7.0.0 LI79537 iFix 7.0.0.2-CUMUIFIX-035
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
Acknowledgement
These vulnerabilities are identified by Jarad Kopf from Deltek.
Change History
01 May 2017: Original version published
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