Security Bulletin: IBM Cloud Private Monitoring is vulnerable to XSS attack in Prometheus (CVE-2018-14041)

Summary

IBM Cloud Private Monitoring is vulnerable to XSS attack in Prometheus

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2018-14041 DESCRIPTION: Bootstrap is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input by the data-target property of scrollspy. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute script in a victim’s Web browser within the security context of the hosting Web site. An attacker could use this vulnerability to steal the victim’s cookie-based authentication credentials.
CVSS Base Score: 6.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/146467&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)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM Cloud Private 2.1.x, 3.1.0, 3.1.1, 3.1.2

Remediation/Fixes

Product defect fixes and security updates are only available for the two most recent Continuous Delivery (CD) update packages

• IBM Cloud Private 3.1.2
• IBM Cloud Private 3.1.1

For IBM Cloud Private 3.1.2, apply patch:

• monitoring

For IBM Cloud Private 3.1.1, apply patch:

• monitoring

For IBM Cloud Private, 2.1.x, 3.1.0:

• Upgrade to the latest Continuous Delivery (CD) update package, IBM Cloud Private 3.2.
• If required, individual product fixes can be made available between CD update packages for resolution of problems. Contact IBM support for assistance

Workarounds and Mitigations

None