Security Bulletin: IBM® Intelligent Operations Center does not correctly validate file types before uploading files (CVE-2019-4069)

Summary

IBM® Intelligent Operations Center does not validate the content of CSV files that are uploaded by authenticated users. The upload of unvalidated CSV files by authenticated users might be a starting point for further attacks if it is combined with file renaming or other inclusion techniques.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2019-4069 DESCRIPTION: IBM Intelligent Operations Center (IOC) does not properly validate file types, allowing an attacker to upload malicious content.
CVSS Base Score: 8
CVSS Temporal Score: See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/157014&gt; for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

This vulnerability affects the following products and versions:

• IBM® Intelligent Operations Center V5.1.0 - V5.2.0
• IBM® Intelligent Operations Center for Emergency Management V5.1.0 - V5.1.0.6
• IBM® Water Operations for Waternamics V5.1.0 - V5.2.1.1

Remediation/Fixes

The recommended solution is to apply an interim fix that contains the fix for this issue as soon as practical.

For information about the latest available updates, see IBM Intelligent Operations Center V5.2 installation updates.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None.