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Security Bulletin: IBM InfoSphere Information Server is affected by an Information disclosure vulnerability.

Security Bulletin


Summary

An Information disclosure vulnerability in IBM InfoSphere Information Server was addressed.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2021-29681
DESCRIPTION:   IBM InfoSphere Information Server could allow an attacker to obtain sensitive information by injecting parameters into an HTML query. This information could be used in further attacks against the system.
CVSS Base score: 3.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/199917 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s) Version(s)
InfoSphere Information Server 11.7

Remediation/Fixes

Product VRMF APAR Remediation/First Fix
InfoSphere Information Server, Information Server on Cloud 11.7 JR63505
 

--Apply InfoSphere Information Server version 11.7.1.0
--Apply InfoSphere Information Server version 11.7.1.0 Fix Pack 1
--Apply InfoSphere Information Server 11.7.1.1 Service Pack 1
--Apply InfoSphere Metadata Asset Manager security patch

For Red Hat 8 installations, contact IBM Customer support.

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

Acknowledgement

Change History

20 May 2021: 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.

Disclaimer

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Document Location

Worldwide

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Document Information

Modified date:
20 May 2021

UID

ibm16454591

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