Security Bulletin: IBM Disposal and Governance Management for IT and IBM Global Retention Policy and Schedule Management vulnerable to cross-site request forgery (CSRF)

Summary

The “notice confirmation” functionality in IBM Disposal and Governance Management for IT and IBM Global Retention Policy and Schedule Management, components of IBM Atlas Policy Suite, is impacted by a vulnerability that allows cross-site request forgery. Both products have addressed this vulnerability.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2016-6100**
DESCRIPTION:** IBM Disposal and Governance Management for IT is vulnerable to cross-site request forgery which could allow an attacker to execute malicious and unauthorized actions transmitted from a user that the website trusts.
CVSS Base Score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/118256 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM Disposal and Governance Management for IT v6.0 - _ 6.0.2 _
IBM Global Retention Policy and Schedule Management v6.0 - _6.0.2 _
IBM Disposal and Governance Management for IT v6.0.3 - _ 6.0.3.4 _
IBM Global Retention Policy and Schedule Management v6.0.3 - _6.0.3.4 _

Remediation/Fixes

_Fix_*

| VRMF|APAR|How to acquire fix
—|—|—|—
IBM Disposal and Governance Management for IT| 6.0 - 6.0.2| None| See Workarounds and Mitigations section
IBM Global Retention Policy and Schedule Management| 6.0 - 6.0.2| None| See Workarounds and Mitigations section
IBM Disposal and Governance Management for IT| 6.0.3_ - __ 6.0.3.4_| None| Contact support to verify your release to obtain the fix
IBM Global Retention Policy and Schedule Management| 6.0.3_ - __ 6.0.3.4_| None| Contact support to verify your release to obtain the fix

Workarounds and Mitigations

IBM Disposal and Governance Management for IT v6.0 - _6.0.2 _- Upgrade to v.6.0.3 and contact support for the fix
IBM Global Retention Policy and Schedule Management v6.0 - _6.0.2 _- Upgrade to v.6.0.3 and contact support for the fix