Security Bulletin: Vulnerabilities in Ruby on Rails affect IBM License Metric Tool v9.

Summary

Vulnerabilities discovered in Ruby on Rails component affect IBM License Metric Tool v9.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2019-15587

DESCRIPTION: In the Loofah gem for Ruby through v2.3.0 unsanitized JavaScript may occur in sanitized output when a crafted SVG element is republished.

CVSS Base Score: 6.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/169818&gt; for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N)

CVEID: CVE-2019-16892

DESCRIPTION: Rubyzip is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by improper checks on the ZIP entry sizes. By persuading a victim to open a specially-crafted file, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a disk consumption.

CVSS Base Score: 3.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/167789&gt; for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

CVEID: CVE-2019-5477

DESCRIPTION: Nokogiri could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the system, caused by a command injection flaw in the Nokogiri::CSS::Tokenizer#load_file method. By sending a specially-crafted input, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary commands on the system.

CVSS Base Score: 9.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/165241&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:H/I:H/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM License Metric Tool v9.x

Remediation/Fixes

Upgrade to version 9.2.18 or later using the following procedure:

• In BigFix console, expand **IBM License Reporting (ILMT)**node under Sites node in the tree panel.
• Click Fixlets and Tasks node.Fixlets and Tasks panel will be displayed on the right.
• In the Fixlets and Tasks panel locate _Upgrade to the latest version of IBM License Metric Tool __9.x _fixlet and run it against the computer that hosts your server.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None