Security Bulletin: IBM Security Identity Manager is affected by multiple vulnerabilities (CVE-2018-1956, CVE-2018-1969, CVE-2018-1967, CVE-2018-2019)

Summary

IBM Security Identity Manager (ISIM) has addressed the following vulnerabilities that can allow attackers to compromise user accounts via weak passwords, uploading or transferring dangerous files types, cross-site scripting, or information disclosure and denial of service attacks.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2018-1956 DESCRIPTION: IBM Security Identity Manager does not require that users should have strong passwords by default, which makes it easier for attackers to compromise user accounts.
CVSS Base Score: 5.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/153628&gt; for the current score

CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

CVEID: CVE-2018-1969 DESCRIPTION: IBM Security Identity Manager allows the attacker to upload or transfer files of dangerous types that can be automatically processed within the product’s environment.
CVSS Base Score: 9
CVSS Temporal Score: See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/153750&gt; for the current score

CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H)

CVEID: CVE-2018-1967 DESCRIPTION: IBM Security Identity Manager is vulnerable to cross-site scripting. This vulnerability allows users to embed arbitrary JavaScript code in the Web UI thus altering the intended functionality potentially leading to credentials disclosure within a trusted session.
CVSS Base Score: 6.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/153748&gt;

for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N)

CVEID: CVE-2018-2019 DESCRIPTION: IBM Security Identity Manager Virtual Appliance is vulnerable to a XML External Entity Injection (XXE) attack when processing XML data. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to expose sensitive information or consume memory resources.
CVSS Base Score: 7.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/155265&gt; for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

IBM Security Identity Manager

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6.0.0 - 6.0.0.20

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6.0.0-ISS-SIM-FP0021