Security Bulletin
Summary
IBM Tivoli Monitoring Client is affected by user privilege escalation and possible denial of service vulnerabilities. IBM has addressed these vulnerabilities.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2017-1794
DESCRIPTION: IBM Tivoli Monitoring Enterprise Portal is vulnerable to both TEPS user privilege escalation and possible denial of service due to unconstrained memory growth.
CVSS Base Score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/137039 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Affected Products and Versions
IBM Tivoli Monitoring Enterprise Portal Server versions 6.2.3 through 6.2.3 Fix Pack 5 and 6.3.0 through 6.3.0 Fix Pack 7
Remediation/Fixes
The patches below update the IBM Tivoli Monitoring Enterprise Portal Server
Fix | VRMF | How to acquire fix |
6.3.0-TIV-ITM-FP0007-IJ09127 | 6.3.0 | http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10731703 |
6.2.3-TIV-ITM-FP0005-IJ09127 | 6.2.3 |
Workarounds and Mitigations
Using the default IIOP or Corba plus SSL avoids the vulnerabilites as it does not use the same interfaces which have been shown to be vulnerable as per the CVE above. The following security bulletin ensures that default IIOP is using SSL:
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg22003402
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References
Acknowledgement
This vulnerability was disclosed to IBM by Emanuele Bartoli of Verizon.
Change History
02/27/2018 Draft Document Created
*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
Review the IBM security bulletin disclaimer and definitions regarding your responsibilities for assessing potential impact of security vulnerabilities to your environment.
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Document Information
Modified date:
17 September 2018
UID
swg22014097