Security Bulletin: IBM API Connect Developer Portal is vulnerable to unauthenticated remote code execution (CVE-2017-1161)

Summary

An unauthenticated remote code execution vulnerability affects IBM API Connect Developer Portal. IBM has addressed this vulnerability.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2017-1161**
DESCRIPTION:** IBM API Connect could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the system, caused by improper validation of URLs for the Developer Portal. By crafting a malicious URL, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary commands on the system with the privileges of the www-data user.
CVSS Base Score: 7.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/122956&gt; for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM API Connect V5.0

Remediation/Fixes

Product

| VRMF|APAR|Remediation/First Fix
—|—|—|—
IBM API Connect| 5.0.x| LI79401| V5.0.6.0

Workarounds and Mitigations

Workarounds: None

Mitigations: None