Security Bulletin: IBM Resilient SOAR is Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities - Terracotta Quartz ( CVE-2019-13990)

Summary

Terracotta Quartz Scheduler could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by improper handling of XML external entity (XXE) declarations by the initDocumentParser function in xml/XMLSchedulingDataProcessor.java. By persuading a victim to open specially-crafted XML content, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to read arbitrary files.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2019-13990
**DESCRIPTION:**Terracotta could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by improper handling of XML external entity (XXE) declarations by the initDocumentParser function in xml/XMLSchedulingDataProcessor.java. By persuading a victim to open specially-crafted XML content, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to read arbitrary files.
CVSS Base score: 5.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/165431 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

Users must upgrade to v38.2 of IBM Resilient in order to obtain a fix for this vulnerability.

You can upgrade the platform by following the instructions in the “Upgrade Procedure” section in the IBM Knowledge Center.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None