Security Bulletin: Multiple vulnerabilities in Apache POI affect Asset and Service Management

Summary

There are multiple vulnerabilities in Apache POI that are used by Maximo Asset Management, Maximo Asset Management Essentials, Maximo Asset Management for Energy Optimization, Maximo Industry Solutions (including Maximo for Aviation, Maximo for Government, Maximo for Nuclear Power, Maximo for Transportation, Maximo for Life Sciences, Maximo for Oil and Gas and Maximo for Utilities), Tivoli Asset Management for IT, Tivoli Service Request Manager, Maximo Service Desk, Change and Configuration Management Database, TRIRIGA for Energy Optimization (previously known as Intelligent Building Management), and SmartCloud Control Desk.

Vulnerability Details

CVE-ID: CVE-2012-0213 Description: Apache POI is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by the improper handling of memory when processing certain Channel Definition Format (CDF)/ Compound File Binary Format (CFBF) documents. By sending a specially-crafted CDF / CFBF file to an application using Apache POI, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base Score: 5.000
CVSS Temporal Score: <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75558&gt; for more information
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

CVE-ID: CVE-2014-3529 Description: Apache POI could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by an XML External Entity Injection (XXE) error within the OPC SAX setup. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability using a specially-crafted OpenXML file containing an XML external entity declaration to read arbitrary files on the system.
CVSS Base Score: 5.000
CVSS Temporal Score: <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/95770&gt; for more information
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)

CVE-ID: CVE-2014-9527 Description: Apache POI is vulnerable to a denial of service. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability using a specially-crafted PPT file to cause the application to enter into an infinite loop and deadlock.
CVSS Base Score: 5.000
CVSS Temporal Score: <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/99799&gt; for more information
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

CVE-ID: CVE-2014-3574 Description: Apache POI is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an XML External Entity Injection (XXE) error when processing XML data. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability using a specially-crafted OOXML file to consume all available CPU resources and cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base Score: 4.300
CVSS Temporal Score: <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/95768&gt; for more information
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

CVE-ID: CVE-2016-5000 Description: Apache POI could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by an XML External Entity Injection (XXE) error when XLSX2CSV example uses Java’s XML components to parse OpenXML files. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability using an XML document containing an external entity reference to read arbitrary files on the system.
CVSS Base Score: 4.300
CVSS Temporal Score: <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/115530&gt; for more information
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

The following Apache POI versions are affected:

• Apache POI 3.13 and earlier releases

IBM supplied Apache POI with the following:

The 7.5.0.x and 7.6.0.x versions of Maximo Asset Management bundled Apache POI 3.7 and 3.8.

This vulnerability affects the following versions of the IBM Maximo Asset Management core product, and all other IBM Maximo Industry Solution and IBM Control Desk products, regardless of their own version, if they are currently installed on top of an affected IBM Maximo Asset Management. *

Maximo Asset Management core product affected versions:
Maximo Asset Management 7.6, 7.5

Industry Solutions products affected if using an affected core version:
Maximo for Aviation
Maximo for Energy Optimization
Maximo for Government
Maximo for Life Sciences
Maximo for Nuclear Power
Maximo for Oil and Gas
Maximo for Transportation
Maximo for Utilities

SmartCloud Control Desk products affected if using an affected core version:
SmartCloud Control Desk
Tivoli Asset Management for IT
Tivoli Integration Composer
Tivoli Service Request Manager
Tivoli Change and Configuration Management Database

• To determine the core product version, log in and view System Information. The core product version is the “Tivoli’s process automation engine” version. Please consult the Product Coexistence Matrix for a list of supported product combinations.

Remediation/Fixes

The recommended solution is to download the appropriate Interim Fix or Fix Pack from Fix Central (What is Fix Central?) and apply for each affected product as soon as possible. Please see below for information on the fixes available for each product, version, and release. Follow the installation instructions in the ‘readme’ documentation provided with each fix pack or interim fix.

For Maximo Asset Management 7.6, 7.5:

Workarounds and Mitigations

None