Security Bulletin: In IBM InfoSphere Information Server, the Information Services Catalog interface is vulnerable to various web UI vulnerabilities (CVE-2013-3034, CVE-2013-4057, CVE-2013-4059, CVE-2012-4819)

Summary

The Information Services Catalog interface of the IBM InfoSphere Information Server web console is exposed to various well known web UI vulnerabilities: phishing through frames, cacheable SSL pages, link injection, cross-site request forgery and cross-site scripting.

Vulnerability Details

CVE ID: _CVE-2013-3034 _ **
DESCRIPTION: **
An attacker can trick a user into inserting a mal-formed URL address into a browser or clicking on a mal-formed URL link and exploit a cross-site scripting vulnerability or an HTML injection vulnerability in the InfoSphere Information Server administration and reporting console to gain unauthorized access or collect sensitive information.

CVSS: _
_CVSS Base Score: 3.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/84646 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N)

CVE ID:CVE-2013-4057** **
DESCRIPTION:
Due to insufficient safeguards against cross-site request forgery in Information Server XML Pack an attacker can trick a legitimate user into opening a URL that results in an action being taken as that user, potentially without the knowledge of that user. Any actions taken require the user to already be logged into the DataStage designer or to authenticate separately as part of the attack.
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CVSS:**
CVSS Base Score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/86546 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)

CVE ID:CVE-2013-4059****
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DESCRIPTION: **
Various Information Server web interfaces are vulnerable to content-spoofing and cross-site scripting allowing attackers to gain unauthorized access or collect sensitive information.
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CVSS:**
CVSS Base Score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/86548 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)

CVE ID:CVE-2012-4819 **
DESCRIPTION:**
A cross-site scripting security vulnerability has been identified in several Information Server web interfaces that may lead to unauthorized access through phishing attacks to each of these web interfaces.
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CVSS:**
CVSS Base Score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78666 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM InfoSphere Information Server versions 8.0, 8.1, 8.5, 8.7, and 9.1 running on all platforms

Remediation/Fixes

Product

| VRMF|APAR|Remediation/First Fix
—|—|—|—
InfoSphere Information Server| 8.0 8.1 8.5 8.7 9.1| JR50202| **--**Follow instructions in TechNote

Workarounds and Mitigations

Stop the Information Services Catalog web application