Security Bulletin: Cross-Site Scripting and information disclosure vulnerabilities are addressed with IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation iFixes for March 2022 (CVE-2021-29835, CVE-39046)

Security Bulletin

Summary

In addition to many updates of open source packages, the following security vulnerabilities are addressed with IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation 21.0.2-IF009 and 21.0.3-IF007.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2021-29835
DESCRIPTION: IBM Business Automation Workflow 18.0, 19.0, 20.0, and 21.0 is vulnerable to cross-site scripting. This vulnerability allows users to embed arbitrary JavaScript code in the Web UI thus altering the intended functionality potentially leading to credentials disclosure within a trusted session. IBM X-Force ID: 204833.
CVSS Base score: 5.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/204833 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N)

CVEID: CVE-2021-39046
DESCRIPTION: IBM Business Automation Workflow 18.0, 19.0, 20.0, and 21.0 and IBM Business Process Manager 8.5 and 8.6 stores user credentials in plain clear text which can be read by a lprivileged user. IBM X-Force ID: 214346.
CVSS Base score: 4.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/214346 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)	Version(s)	Status
IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation	V21.0.3 - V21.0.3-IF006	affected
IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation	V21.0.2 - V21.0.2-IF008	affected
IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation	V21.0.1 - V21.0.1-IF007 V20.0.1 - V20.0.3 V19.0.1 - V19.0.3 V18.0.0 - V18.0.2	affected

Remediation/Fixes

The recommended solution is to apply the February 2022 security fix as soon as practical.

Affected Product(s)	Version(s)	Remediation / Fix
IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation	V21.0.3 - V21.0.3-IF004	Apply security fix 21.0.3-IF007
IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation	V21.0.2 - V21.0.2-IF007	Apply security fix 21.0.2-IF009 or upgrade to 21.0.3-IF007
IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation	V21.0.1 - V21.0.1-IF008 V20.0.1 - V20.0.3 V19.0.1 - V19.0.3 V18.0.0 - V18.0.2	Upgrade to 21.0.2-IF009 or 21.0.3-IF007

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

Complete CVSS v3 Guide
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Change History

01 Apr 2022: 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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Security Bulletin: Cross-Site Scripting and information disclosure vulnerabilities are addressed with IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation iFixes for March 2022 (CVE-2021-29835, CVE-39046)