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Security Bulletin: SQL injection vulnerability in IBM Business Automation Workflow and IBM Business Process Manager (BPM) (CVE-2019-4479)

Security Bulletin


Summary

IBM Business Process Manager and IBM Business Automation Workflow is vulnerable to SQL injection. A remote attacker could send specially-crafted SQL statements, which could allow the attacker to view, add, modify or delete information in the back-end database.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2019-4669
DESCRIPTION:   IBM Business Process Manager is vulnerable to SQL injection. A remote attacker could send specially-crafted SQL statements, which could allow the attacker to view, add, modify or delete information in the back-end database.
CVSS Base score: 6.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/171254 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)Version(s)
IBM Business Process Manager8.5.7.0 - 8.5.7.0 2017.06
IBM Business Process Manager8.6.0.0 - 8.6.0.0 CF2018.03
IBM Business Automation Workflow18.0.0.1 - 19.0.0.3

Remediation/Fixes

The recommended solution is to apply the Interim Fix (iFix) or Cumulative Fix (CF) containing APAR  JR61612  as soon as practical:


For IBM Business Automation Workflow V18.0.0.0 through V19.0.0.2
· Upgrade to minimal cumulative fix levels as required by iFix and then apply iFix  JR61612
--OR--
· Apply cumulative fix Business Automation Workflow V19.0.0.3

For IBM Business Process Manager V8.6.0.0 through V8.6.0.0 CF 2018.03
· Upgrade to minimal cumulative fix levels as required by iFix and then apply iFix  JR61612
--OR--
· Upgrade to Business Automation Workflow V19.0.0.3

For IBM BPM V8.5.0.0 through V8.5.7.0 CF 2017.06
· Upgrade to minimal version of Business Process Manager (8.5.7) and apply Cumulative Fix 2017.06 and then apply iFix  JR61612
--OR--
· Upgrade to Business Automation Workflow V19.0.0.3

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

Complete CVSS v3 Guide
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Related Information

IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

Change History

12 Feb 2020: Initial Publication

*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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Document Location

Worldwide

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Document Information

Modified date:
14 September 2022

UID

ibm13552261

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