Security Bulletin: IBM Security Identity Manager is affected by multiple vulnerabilities (CVE-2018-1959, CVE-2018-1962, CVE-2018-1970)

Summary

IBM Security Identity Manager VA (ISIM VA) has addressed the following vulnerabilities due to hard-coded credentials, the lack of proper session termination, and XML external entity injection.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2018-1959 DESCRIPTION: IBM Security Identity Manager Virtual Appliance contains hard-coded credentials, such as a password or cryptographic key, which it uses for its own inbound authentication, outbound communication to external components, or encryption of internal data.
CVSS Base Score: 5.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/153633&gt;

for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

CVEID: CVE-2018-1962
**DESCRIPTION:**IBM Security Identity Manager Virtual Appliance does not invalidate session tokens when the logout button is pressed. The lack of proper session termination may allow attackers with local access to login into a closed browser session.
CVSS Base Score: 4
CVSS Temporal Score: See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/153658&gt;

for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)

CVEID: CVE-2018-1970 DESCRIPTION: IBM Security Identity Manager is vulnerable to a 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/153751&gt; for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
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

IBM Security Identity Manager VA

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7.0.1 - 7.0.1.10

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7.0.1-ISS-SIM-FP0011