Security Bulletin: IBM Security Verify Governance is vulnerable to arbitrary code execution due to use of dom4j (CVE-2018-1000632)

Summary

IBM Security Verify Governance uses dom4j could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by improper input validation in multiple methods (CVE-2018-1000632). The fix includes upgrading the dom4j jar to the patched version.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2018-1000632
**DESCRIPTION:**dom4j could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by improper input validation in multiple methods. By sending a specially-crafted XML content, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS Base score: 7.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/148750 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

Affected Product(s)

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Version(s)

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First Fix

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IBM Security Verify Governance

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10.0.1

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10.0.1.0-ISS-ISVG-IGVA-FP0002

Workarounds and Mitigations

None