Security Bulletin: IBM Resilient SOAR is Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities - Plexus-utils (CVE-2017-1000487)

Summary

Plexus-utils could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the system, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input. By sending contents with double quoted strings, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary commands on the system.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2017-1000487
**DESCRIPTION:**Plexus-utils could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the system, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input. By sending contents with double quoted strings, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary commands on the system.
CVSS Base score: 9.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/137169 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

Users must upgrade to v38.0 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