Security Bulletin: IBM Tivoli Application Dependency Discovery Manager is vulnerable to server-side request forgery due to Apache CXF

Summary

This security bulletin addresses the vulnerabilitiy in Open Source Apache CXF that affect IBM Tivoli Application Dependency Discovery Manager (CVE-2024-28752). IBM Tivoli Application Dependency Discovery Manager is using Apache CXF for its SOAP API and REST API implementation.

Vulnerability Details

**CVEID:**CVE-2024-28752 DESCRIPTION: Apache CXF is vulnerable to server-side request forgery, caused by a flaw when using the Aegis DataBinding. By using a specially crafted argument, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to conduct SSRF attack.
CVSS Base score: 6.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/285581 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

For TADDM 7.3.0.8,7.3.0.9,7.3.0.10 and 7.3.0.11 : The e-Fix in the table below can be downloaded and applied directly.

For TADDM 7.3.0.0 - 7.3.0.7 : Please upgrade your TADDM environment to later versions (preferably 7.3.0.11) and apply the e-Fix in the table below.

Workarounds and Mitigations

For customers on TADDM 7.3.0.0 or 7.3.0.7, recommendation is to upgrade to the latest version and then apply the e-fix directly.