Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in Apache Struts affects IBM Cúram Social Program Management (CVE-2016-1182, CVE-2016-1181, CVE-2015-0899)

Summary

IBM Cúram Social Program Management uses the Apache Struts Library. Apache Struts could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by the improper validation of input by the Validator; or Apache Struts could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by the failure to protect against unintended remote operations against components on server memory by the ActionForm instance; or Apache Struts could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by an error in the MultiPageValidator implementation.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2016-1182**
DESCRIPTION:** Apache Struts could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by the improper validation of input by the Validator. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to modify validation rules and error messages.
CVSS Base Score: 4.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/113853 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L)

CVEID: CVE-2016-1181**
DESCRIPTION:** Apache Struts could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by the failure to protect against unintended remote operations against components on server memory by the ActionForm instance. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS Base Score: 8.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/113852 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

CVEID: CVE-2015-0899**
DESCRIPTION:** Apache Struts could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by an error in the MultiPageValidator implementation. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability using a modified page parameter to bypass restrictions and launch further attacks on the system. This vulnerability also affects other products.
CVSS Base Score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/101770 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM Cúram Social Program Management 7.0.0.0 - 7.0.1.0
IBM Cúram Social Program Management 6.2.0.0 - 6.2.0.5
IBM Cúram Social Program Management 6.1.0.0 - 6.1.1.5
IBM Cúram Social Program Management 6.0.5.0 - 6.0.5.10

Remediation/Fixes

Product

| VRMF| Remediation/First Fix
—|—|—
IBM Cúram Social Program Management| 7.0| Visit IBM Fix Central and upgrade to 7.0.1.1 or a subsequent 7.0.1 release
IBM Cúram Social Program Management| 6.2| Visit IBM Fix Central and upgrade to 6.2.0.6 or a subsequent 6.2.0 release
IBM Cúram Social Program Management| 6.1| Visit IBM Fix Central and upgrade to 6.1.1.6 or a subsequent 6.1.1 release
IBM Cúram Social Program Management| 6.0.5| Visit IBM Fix Central and upgrade to 6.0.5.10 iFix2 or a subsequent 6.0.5 release

Workarounds and Mitigations

For information on all other versions please contact Cúram Customer Support.