Security Bulletin: Vulnerabilities in Dojo and dom4j libraries affect Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus WebGUI (CVE-2020-10683, CVE-2021-23450)

Summary

Fix is available for vulnerabilities in Dojo and dom4j libraries affecting Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus WebGUI (CVE-2020-10683, CVE-2021-23450). Dojo is used by Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus WebGUI as part of its web client component. dom4j was required by Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus WebGUI as part of Apache POI dependency for Seasonal Event Graphs export feature. The fix includes Dojo v1.17.0 and removes dom4j.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2020-10683
**DESCRIPTION:**dom4j could allow a remote authenticated attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by an XML external entity (XXE) error when processing XML data. By sending specially crafted XML data, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain sensitive information.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/181356 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)

CVEID:CVE-2021-23450
**DESCRIPTION:**Dojo could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by a prototype pollution in the setObject function. By sending a specially-crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS Base score: 9.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/216463 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

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Workarounds and Mitigations

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