Security Bulletin
Summary
In IBM Engineering Lifecycle Optimization - Publishing, it is possible to induce the application to perform server-side HTTP and HTTPS requests to arbitrary domains. CVE-2021-39016.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2021-39016
DESCRIPTION: IBM Engineering Lifecycle Optimization - Publishing does not sufficiently monitor or control transmitted network traffic volume, so that an actor can cause the software to transmit more traffic than should be allowed for that actor.
CVSS Base score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/213722 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)
Affected Products and Versions
| Affected Product(s) | Version(s) |
| PUB | 7.0.1 |
| PUB | 7.0.2 |
| RPE | 6.0.6 |
| RPE | 6.0.6.1 |
| PUB | 7.0 |
Remediation/Fixes
For IBM Publishing 7.0, upgrade to ifix016 or later, which can be downloaded from:
IBM Publishing 7.0 iFix016
For IBM Publishing 7.0.1, upgrade to ifix017 or later, which can be downloaded from:
IBM Publishing 7.0.1 iFix017
For IBM Publishing 7.0.2, upgrade to ifix013 or later, which can be downloaded from:
IBM Publishing 7.0.2 iFix013
For RPE 6.0.6 and 6.0.6.1, upgrade to latest 7.0.2 iFix13 or later, which can be downloaded from IBM Publishing 7.0.2 iFix013
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Change History
08 Jul 2022: Initial Publication
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Document Location
Worldwide
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Document Information
Modified date:
13 July 2022
UID
ibm16603335