TIBCO Security Advisory: June 12, 2018 - TIBCO Administrator - Enterprise Edition -2018-5433

XML eXternal Entity Expansion Vulnerabilities with TIBCO Administrator

Original release date: June 12, 2018
Last revised: –
CVE-2018-5433
Source: TIBCOSoftware Inc.

XML eXternal Entity Expansion Vulnerabilities with TIBCO Administrator

Original release date: June 12, 2018
Last revised: –
Source: TIBCO Software Inc.

Systems Affected

TIBCO Administrator - Enterprise Edition versions 5.10.0 and below

TIBCO Administrator - Enterprise Edition for z/Linux versions 5.9.1
and below

The following components are affected:

• TIBCO Administrator server

Description

The TIBCO Administrator component listed above contains vulnerabilities
wherein a malicious user could perform XML external entity expansion (XXE)
attacks to disclose host machine information.

Impact

The impact of the vulnerability includes the theoretical possibility of
disclosing contents of files on the host machine that are accessible to the
system account used to run the affected component.

CVSS v3 Base Score: 6.5 (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

Solution

TIBCO has released updated versions of the affected components which address
these issues.

For each affected system, update to the corresponding software versions:

TIBCO Administrator - Enterprise Edition versions 5.10.0 and below
update to version 5.10.1 or higher

TIBCO Administrator - Enterprise Edition for z/Linux versions 5.9.1
and below update to version 5.10.1 or higher

Acknowledgments

TIBCO would like to extend its appreciation to Baker Hamilton at Bishop Fox
for discovery of this vulnerability.

References

http://www.tibco.com/services/support/advisories
CVE: CVE-2018-5433

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