Security Bulletin: IBM® Intelligent Operations Center is vulnerable to an XML External Entity Injection (XXE) attack when processing XML data (CVE-2019-4419)

Summary

IBM® Intelligent Operations Center 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.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2019-4419 DESCRIPTION: IBM Intelligent Operations Center (IOC) 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: 7.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/162737&gt; for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L)

Affected Products and Versions

This vulnerability affects the following products and versions:

• IBM® Intelligent Operations Center V5.1.0 - V5.2.0
• IBM® Intelligent Operations Center for Emergency Management V5.1.0 - V5.1.0.6
• IBM® Water Operations for Waternamics V5.1.0 - V5.2.1.1

Remediation/Fixes

The recommended solution is to apply an interim fix that contains the fix for this issue as soon as practical.

For information about the latest available updates for IBM® Intelligent Operations Center see IBM Intelligent Operations Center V5.2 installation updates.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None.