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JR63229: SECURITY APAR CVE-2021-20482 - XXE VULNERABILITY PRESENT IN TW. SYSTEM.SERIALIZER.FROMXML JAVASCRIPT API IN IBM WORKFLOW SERVER

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APAR status

  • Closed as program error.

Error description

  • CVEID:   CVE-2021-20482
DESCRIPTION:   IBM Business Automation Workflow is vulnerable to
an XML External Entity Injection (XXE) attack when processing
XML data. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to
expose sensitive information or consume memory resources.
CVSS Base score: 7.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See:
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/197504 for
the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L)

PRODUCTS AFFECTED
IBM Cloud Pak for Automation, Workstreams component
IBM Cloud Pak for Automation, Business Automation Workflow
component

Local fix

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Problem summary


    

  • No additional information is available.

    



Problem conclusion


    

  • A fix is available or will be available that disables insecure
XML parsing features for this JavaScript API.

    



Temporary fix


    

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Comments


    

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APAR Information




    

  • APAR number
    JR63229
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  • Reported component name
    CLOUD PAK FOR A
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  • Reported component ID
    5737I2300
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  • Reported release
    K00
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  • Status
    CLOSED  PER
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  • PE
    NoPE
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  • HIPER
    NoHIPER
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  • Special Attention
    NoSpecatt / Xsystem
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  • Submitted date
    2021-02-09
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  • Closed date
    2021-04-23
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  • Last modified date
    2021-04-23
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  • APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:
    

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  • APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:
    

    
JR63230
    

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Fix information


    

  • Fixed component name
    CLOUD PAK FOR A
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  • Fixed component ID
    5737I2300
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Document Information


            

            


                        

            Modified date:
            

            11 March 2022
            

            
                      

        


        

        


      

    

  



    

  

  
    
            

          
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