Security Bulletin: IBM Jazz for Service Management is vulnerable to an XML External Entity Injection (XXE) attack when processing XML data (CVE-2021-29831)

Summary

IBM Jazz for Service Management is vulnerable to an 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.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2021-29831
**DESCRIPTION:**IBM Jazz for Service Management and IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus_GUI is vulnerable to an 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/204775 for the current score.
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

1. Install JazzSM 1.1.3.10 iFix01 - 1.1.3.10-TIV-JazzSM-DASH-iFix-0001

Workarounds and Mitigations

None