Security Bulletin: IBM Security Guardium is affected by Open Source Apache Struts 2.5 Vulnerability (CVE-2017-7525 )

Summary

IBM Security Guardium is affected by Open Source Apache Struts 2.5 Vulnerability. IBM Security Guardium has addressed the following vulnerability.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2017-7525**
DESCRIPTION:** Apache Struts could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by a deserialization flaw within the Jackson JSON library in the readValue method of the ObjectMapper. By sending a specially-crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS Base Score: 9.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/134639 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 Security Guardium V 10.1.4

Remediation/Fixes

Product

| VRMF| Remediation/First Fix
—|—|—
IBM Security Guardium| 10.1.4| http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/quickorder?parent=IBM%2BSecurity&product=ibm/Information+Management/InfoSphere+Guardium&release=All&platform=All&function=fixId&fixids=SqlGuard_10.0p402_Bundle_Feb-19-2018&includeSupersedes=0&source=fc

Workarounds and Mitigations

None