Security Bulletin: Publicly disclosed vulnerabilities in Plexus-utils affect IBM Netezza Analytics

Summary

Plexus-utils is used by IBM Netezza Analytics. IBM Netezza Analytics has addressed the applicable CVEs

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2017-1000487
**DESCRIPTION:**Plexus-utils could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the system, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input. By sending contents with double quoted strings, 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/137169 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)

**IBM X-Force ID:**220801
**DESCRIPTION:**Plexus-Utils could allow a remote authenticated attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by an XML injection vulnerability in the XmlWriterUtil.java script. By sending a specially-crafted request to XMLWriter using a “–>” sequence, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain sensitive information, and use this information to launch further attacks against the affected system.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/220801 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

**IBM X-Force ID:**220740
**DESCRIPTION:**Plexus Plexus-Utils could allow a local attacker to traverse directories on the system, caused by a flaw in org.codehaus.plexus.util. An attacker could use a specially-crafted archive file containing “dot dot” sequences (/…/) to write arbitrary files on the system.
CVSS Base score: 5.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/220740 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)

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Workarounds and Mitigations

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