Security Bulletin: IBM Tivoli Monitoring TEP Server vulnerabilities

Summary

By default, communications between the Tivoli Enterprise Portal client and server are not encrypted which can cause the following vulnerabilities.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2017-1181**
DESCRIPTION:** IBM Tivoli Monitoring Portal client could allow a local attacker to gain elevated privileges for IBM Tivoli Monitoring, caused by default console connection not being encrypted.
CVSS Base Score: 5.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/123487&gt; for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

CVEID: CVE-2017-1183**
DESCRIPTION:** IBM Tivoli Monitoring Portal could allow a local (network adjacent) attacker to modify SQL commands to the Portal Server, when default client-server communications, HTTP, are being used.
CVSS Base Score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/123494&gt; for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

CVEID: CVE-2017-1182**
DESCRIPTION:** IBM Tivoli Monitoring Portal could allow a local (network adjacent) attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the system, when default client-server default communications, HTTP, are being used.
CVSS Base Score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/123493&gt; for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM Tivoli Portal Server (KCQ component) versions 6.2.2 Fix Pack 9, 6.2.3 through 6.2.3 Fix Pack 5 and 6.3.0 through 6.3.0 Fix Pack 7

Remediation/Fixes

The patches below update the default configuration for the Tivoli Enterprise Portal Server (kcq component)

Workarounds and Mitigations

The Tivoli Enterprise Portal server can be secured using existing product configuration settings as documented at the links below (Note: the documentation applies to all affected releases):

<https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSTFXA_6.3.0/com.ibm.itm.doc_6.3/install/ed_ssl.htm&gt;