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Security Bulletin: IBM InfoSphere DataStage Flow Designer is vulnerable due to improper certificate validation

Security Bulletin


Summary

A vulnerability due to improper certificate validation in IBM InfoSphere DataStage Flow Designer was addressed.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2021-29737
DESCRIPTION:   IBM InfoSphere Data Flow Designer Engine component has improper validation of the REST API server certificate.
CVSS Base score: 5.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/201301 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)Version(s)
InfoSphere Information Server11.7

Remediation/Fixes

ProductVRMFAPARRemediation/First Fix
InfoSphere DataStage Flow Designer, Information Server on Cloud11.7JR63610--Apply IBM InfoSphere Information Server version 11.7.1.0

--Apply IBM InfoSphere Information Server 11.7.1.3

 

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

Acknowledgement

This vulnerability was reported to IBM by Robin Trost (SySS GmbH)

Change History

29 Oct 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.

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Document Location

Worldwide

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Document Information

Modified date:
07 December 2021

UID

ibm16509086

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