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             AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution

                              ESB-2019.0046.2
          Security Bulletin: Cross-site scripting vulnerabilities
                     affect Rational Publishing Engine
                              7 January 2019

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        AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product:           IBM Rational Publishing Engine
Publisher:         IBM
Operating System:  Linux variants
                   Windows
Impact/Access:     Cross-site Scripting     -- Remote with User Interaction
                   Access Confidential Data -- Remote with User Interaction
Resolution:        Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names:         CVE-2018-1951 CVE-2018-1657 

Reference:         ESB-2018.3906
                   ESB-2018.3890
                   ESB-2018.3785
                   ESB-2018.3784

Original Bulletin: 
   http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10792081

Revision History:  January 7 2019: Fixed typo on Remediation section
                   January 3 2019: Initial Release

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Security Bulletin: Cross-site scripting vulnerabilities affect Rational
Publishing Engine

Security Bulletin

Document information

Software version: 2.1.2, 6.0.5, 6.0.6
Operating system(s): Platform Independent
Reference #: 0792081
Modified date: 04 January 2019

Summary

Security vulnerabilities with potential for cross-site scripting affecting
Rational Publishing Engine.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2018-1657
DESCRIPTION: IBM Publishing Engine is vulnerable to cross-site scripting. This
vulnerability allows users to embed arbitrary JavaScript code in the Web UI
thus altering the intended functionality potentially leading to credentials
disclosure within a trusted session.
CVSS Base Score: 5.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/
144883 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N)

CVEID: CVE-2018-1951
DESCRIPTION: IBM Publishing Engine is vulnerable to cross-site scripting. This
vulnerability allows users to embed arbitrary JavaScript code in the Web UI
thus altering the intended functionality potentially leading to credentials
disclosure within a trusted session.
CVSS Base Score: 5.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/
153494 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Rational Publishing Engine 2.1.2

Rational Publishing Engine 6.0.5

Rational Publishing Engine 6.0.6

Remediation/Fixes

For Rational Publishing Engine 2.1.2, upgrade to ifix002 or later (planned to
be published within 30 days), which can be downloaded from:

Rational Publishing Engine 2.1.2 ifix002

For Rational Publishing Engine 6.0.5, upgrade to ifix003 or later (planned to
be published within 30 days), which can be downloaded from:

Rational Publishing Engine 6.0.5 ifix003

For Rational Publishing Engine 6.0.6, upgrade to ifix001 or later, which can be
downloaded from:

Rational Publishing Engine 6.0.6 ifix001

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

Reference

Complete CVSS v3 Guide
On-line Calculator v3

Related Information

IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

Change History

02 January 2019: Initial publication
04 January 2019: Fixed typo on Remediation section

*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

According to the Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams (FIRST), the
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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