Security Bulletin: Vulnerability found in fop-1.1.jar which is shipped with IBM® Intelligent Operations Center(CVE-2017-5661)

Summary

Vulnerability have been identified in fop-1.1.jar which is shipped with IBM® Intelligent Operations Center. Information about this vulnerability affecting IBM® Intelligent Operations Center have been published and addressed the applicable CVEs.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2017-5661
**DESCRIPTION:**Apache FOP could allow a remote authenticated attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by an XML external entity (XXE) error when processing XML data. By using a specially-crafted SVG file. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain sensitive information or possibly cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/124797 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

The recommended solution is to apply an interim fix that contains the fix for this issue as soon as practical.

Download the IBM Intelligent Operations Center Version 5.2.4 is an upgrade to IBM Intelligent Operations Center Version 5.2.3 through IBM Intelligent Operations Center Version 5.2 from the following link:

IBM Intelligent Operations Center Version 5.2.4

Installation instructions for the fix are included in the readme document that is in the fix package.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None