Security Bulletin: XML External Entity Injection (XXE) Vulnerability Affects IBM Secure Proxy (CVE-2020-4462)

Summary

An XXE vulnerability was addressed by IBM Secure Proxy.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2020-4462
**DESCRIPTION:**IBM Sterling External Authentication Server and IBM Sterling Secure Proxy is vulnerable to an XML External Entity Injection (XXE) attack when processing XML data. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to expose sensitive information or consume memory resources.
CVSS Base score: 8.2
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/181482 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

Product

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VRMF

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iFix

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Remediation/First Fix

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IBM Secure Proxy

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6.0.1.1

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GA

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Fix Central

IBM Secure Proxy

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6.0.0.1

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iFix 3

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Fix Central

IBM Sterling Secure Proxy

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3.4.3.2

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iFix 8

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Fix Central

IBM Sterling Secure Proxy

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3.4.2.0

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iFix 21

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Fix Central

Workarounds and Mitigations

None