PT-2019-9892 · Ibm · Ibm Security Identity Manager

Chris Shepherd + 5 · Published 2019-02-04 · Updated 2019-10-09 · CVE-2018-1970

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.1

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions IBM Security Identity Manager version 7.0.1

Description The issue allows a remote attacker to exploit the vulnerability to expose sensitive information or consume memory resources through a XML External Entity Injection (XXE) attack when processing XML data.

Recommendations For IBM Security Identity Manager version 7.0.1, update to a version that includes a fix for this issue to prevent XXE attacks. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting XML data processing to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

XXE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-611

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-1970

Affected Products

Ibm Security Identity Manager

References · 4

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-1970 · Vendor Advisory
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/153751 · Vendor Advisory
• http://ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10796380 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1970 · Security Note