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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2018.3296
Security Bulletin: ViewONE is vulnerable to XXE attack when
opening PDF documents
26 October 2018
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: IBM Daeja ViewONE
Publisher: IBM
Operating System: AIX
Linux variants
Windows
Impact/Access: Denial of Service -- Existing Account
Access Confidential Data -- Existing Account
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names: CVE-2018-1835
Original Bulletin:
https://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10733815
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Security Bulletin: ViewONE is vulnerable to XXE attack when opening PDF
documents
Document information
More support for: Daeja ViewONE
Component: PDF Module
Software version: 5.0
Operating system(s): Platform Independent
Reference #: 0733815
Modified date: 26 October 2018
Security Bulletin
Summary
ViewONE is vulnerable to XXE attack when opening PDF documents.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2018-1835
DESCRIPTION: IBM Daeja Virtual is vulnerable to a 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/
150514 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
Daeja ViewONE 5.0
Remediation/Fixes
Updgrade to the version 5.0.4 iFix 6 or later.
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Reference
Complete CVSS v3 Guide
On-line Calculator v3
Related Information
IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog
Change History
26 October 2018 - initial version published
*The CVSS Environment Score is customer environment specific and will
ultimately impact the Overall CVSS Score. Customers can evaluate the impact of
this vulnerability in their environments by accessing the links in the
Reference section of this Security Bulletin.
Disclaimer
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Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) is an "industry open standard
designed to convey vulnerability severity and help to determine urgency and
priority of response." IBM PROVIDES THE CVSS SCORES ""AS IS"" WITHOUT WARRANTY
OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS
FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. CUSTOMERS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ASSESSING THE IMPACT OF
ANY ACTUAL OR POTENTIAL SECURITY VULNERABILITY.
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