Security Bulletin: IBM Engineering Lifecycle Optimization - Publishing Document Builder is vulnerable to SQLinjection (CVE-2021-39018)

Summary

UI validation to Folder Name field is missing in IBM Engineering Lifecycle Optimization - Publishing Document Builder, resulting in display of SQL error to UI. This indicates the presence of SQL injection vulnerability. (CVE-2021-39018)

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2021-39018
**DESCRIPTION:**IBM Engineering Lifecycle Optimization - Publishing could disclose sensitive information in a SQL error message that could aid in further attacks against the system.
CVSS Base score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/213726 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

For IBM Publishing 7.0, upgrade to ifix016 or later, which can be downloaded from:
IBM Publishing 7.0 iFix016

For IBM Publishing 7.0.1, upgrade to ifix017 or later, which can be downloaded from:
IBM Publishing 7.0.1 iFix017

For IBM Publishing 7.0.2, upgrade to ifix013 or later, which can be downloaded from:
IBM Publishing 7.0.2 iFix013

For RPE 6.0.6 and 6.0.6.1, upgrade to latest 7.0.2 iFix13 or later, which can be downloaded from IBM Publishing 7.0.2 iFix013

Workarounds and Mitigations

None