TIBCO Security Advisory: August 7, 2018 - TIBCO ActiveMatrixBusinessWorks

TIBCO ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks 5.X XML eXternal Entity Vulnerability

Original release date: August 7, 2018
Last revised: August 31, 2018
CVE-2018-12408
Source: TIBCO Software Inc.

TIBCO ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks 5.X XML eXternal Entity Vulnerability

Original release date: August 7, 2018
Last revised: August 31, 2018
Source: TIBCO Software Inc.

Systems Affected

TIBCO ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks versions 5.13.0 and below

TIBCO ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks for z/Linux versions 5.13.0 and below

TIBCO ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks Distribution for TIBCO Silver Fabric
versions 5.13.0 and below

The following components are affected:

• BusinessWorks engine

Description

The component listed above contains a vulnerability that may allow
XML eXternal Entity (XXE) attacks via incoming networks messages, and may
disclose the contents of files accessible to a running BusinessWorks engine.

Impact

The impact of this vulnerability includes the theoretical possibility
of an unauthenticated user gaining access to sensitive information that is
available to the system account hosting the BusinessWorks engine.

CVSS v3 Base Score: 7.5 (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

Solution

TIBCO has released updated versions of the affected components which address
these issues.

For each affected system, update to the corresponding software versions:

TIBCO ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks versions 5.13.0 and below
update to version 5.13.1 or higher

TIBCO ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks for z/Linux versions 5.13.0 and below
update to version 5.13.1 or higher

TIBCO ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks Distribution for TIBCO Silver Fabric
versions 5.13.0 and below update to version 5.13.1 or higher

References

http://www.tibco.com/services/support/advisories
CVE-2018-12408

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