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Security Bulletin: IBM Security Information Queue has overly permissive CORS policy (CVE-2020-4292)

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Summary

The cross-origin resource sharing (CORS) policy in IBM Security Information Queue (ISIQ) is too permissive. It allows all origins to access the ISIQ Web Server resources when such cross-domain accesses are unnecessary for ISIQ functionality. As of v1.0.5, ISIQ no longer permits cross-origin resource sharing.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2020-4292
DESCRIPTION:   IBM Security Information Queue (ISIQ) uses a cross-domain policy file that includes domains that should not be trusted which could disclose sensitive information.
CVSS Base score: 3.7
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/176335 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s) Version(s)
IBM Security Information Queue (ISIQ) 1.0.0, 1.0.1, 1.0.2, 1.0.3, 1.0.4

Remediation/Fixes

Download and install the latest IBM Security Information Queue images (tagged at 1.0.5 or greater) from the Docker Hub repository. The instructions for accessing and deploying the images can be found on the ISIQ starter kit page: https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/ibm-security-information-queue-starter-kit

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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Acknowledgement

Jonathan Fitz-Gerald, John Zuccato, Rodney Ryan, Chris Shepherd, Nathan Roane, Kamil Sarbinowski, Vince Dragnea and Troy Fisher from IBM X-Force Ethical Hacking Team.

Change History

17 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:
28 February 2020

UID

ibm15390193