Security Bulletin: IBM B2B Advanced Communications is Affected by an XML External Entity Injection (XXE) Attack when Processing XML Data

Summary

IBM B2B Advanced Communications has addressed a vulnerability (originally found in IBM Financial Transaction Manager) of an XML External Entity Injection (XXE) attack when processing XML data. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to expose sensitive information or consume memory resources.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2017-1758**
DESCRIPTION: *IBM Financial Transaction Manager for ACH Services for Multi-Platform is vulnerable to a XML External Entity Injection (XXE) attack when processing XML data. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to expose sensitive information or consume memory resources.
CVSS Base Score: 7.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/135859 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM Multi-Enterprise Integration Gateway 1.0 - 1.0.0.1

IBM B2B Advanced Communications 1.0.0.2 - 1.0.0.6

Remediation/Fixes

_Fix_*

| VRMF|How to acquire fix
—|—|—
iFix 1.0.0.6_1| 1.0.0.6| IBM Fix Central > B2B_Advanced_Communications_V1.0.0.6_1_iFix_Media
*Please note that the product has been renamed from IBM Multi-Enterprise Integration Gateway to IBM B2B Advanced Communications 1.0.0.2 onwards

B2B Advanced Communications users should upgrade to the latest version in order to resolve this vulnerability .

Workarounds and Mitigations

None