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Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in Apache Struts affects IBM Social Media Analytics (CVE-2017-5638)

Description

## Summary An Apache Struts vulnerability was addressed by IBM Social Media Analytics. ## Vulnerability Details **CVEID:** [_CVE-2017-5638_](<https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2017-5638>)** DESCRIPTION:** Apache Struts could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by an error when performing a file upload based on Jakarta Multipart parser. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability using a malicious Content-Type value to execute arbitrary code on the system. CVSS Base Score: 7.3 CVSS Temporal Score: See [_https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/122776_](<https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/122776>) for the current score CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined 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 IBM Social Media Analytics version 1.3 ## Remediation/Fixes The recommended solution is to apply the following interim fix: [IBM Social Media Analytics 1.3.0 IF19](<http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg24043514>) ## Workarounds and Mitigations None ##


Affected Software


CPE Name Name Version
social media analytics 1.3

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