Security Bulletin: Vulnerabilities in OpenSource Spring Source/Pivotal Spring Framework affect IBM Tivoli Netcool Configuration Manager (ITNCM) (CVE-2013-7315, CVE-2013-4152, CVE-2014-0054)

Summary

There are a number of potential security vulnerabilities in OpenSource Spring Source/Pivotal Spring Framework, that is used by IBM Tivoli Netcool Configuration Manager (ITNCM).

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2013-7315**
DESCRIPTION:** Pivotal Spring Framework could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by an XML External Entity Injection (XXE) error when processing XML data. By sending a specially-crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to read arbitrary files and obtain sensitive information.
CVSS Base Score: 5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/95219 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)

CVEID: CVE-2013-4152**
DESCRIPTION:** Pivotal Spring Framework could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by an XML External Entity Injection (XXE) error when processing XML data. By sending a specially-crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to read arbitrary files and obtain sensitive information.
CVSS Base Score: 5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/86589 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)

CVEID: CVE-2014-0054**
DESCRIPTION:** Pivotal Spring Framework could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by an XML External Entity Injection (XXE) error in Jaxb2RootElementHttpMessageConverter when processing XML data. By sending specially-crafted XML data, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to read arbitrary files and obtain sensitive information.
CVSS Base Score: 5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/91841 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

The following releases are affected:

ITNCM 6.4.2.0 - 6.4.2.3
ITNCM 6.4.1.0 - 6.4.1.4

Remediation/Fixes

Product

| VRMF| APAR| Remediation/First Fix
—|—|—|—
ITNCM| 6.4.2.3| none| Install: 6.4.2.3-TIV-ITNCM-IF001
ITNCM| 6.4.1.4| none| Install: 6.4.1.4-TIV-ITNCM-IF004

Workarounds and Mitigations

None