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             AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution

                               ESB-2019.2402
   An Apache PDFBox security vulnerability has been identified with the
         embedded Content Manager used by IBM Business Automation
                         Workflow (CVE-2018-8036)
                                2 July 2019

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        AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product:           IBM Business Automation Workflow
Publisher:         IBM
Operating System:  AIX
                   Linux variants
                   Windows
Impact/Access:     Denial of Service -- Remote with User Interaction
Resolution:        Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names:         CVE-2018-8036  

Reference:         ESB-2019.0035
                   ESB-2018.3254
                   ESB-2018.3077
                   ESB-2018.3072.2

Original Bulletin: 
   http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10885544

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An Apache PDFBox security vulnerability has been identified with the embedded
Content Manager used by IBM Business Automation Workflow (CVE-2018-8036)

Product:             IBM Business Automation Workflow
Software version:    18.0.0.1, 18.0.0.2, 19.0.0.1
Operating system(s): AIX, Linux, Windows
Reference #:         0885544

Security Bulletin

Summary

IBM Business Automation Workflow has addressed the following security
vulnerability with the embedded Content Manager. Apache PDFBox is vulnerable to
a denial of service, caused by an out-of-memory exception in AFMParser. By
persuading a victim to open a specially-crafted file, a remote attacker could
exploit this vulnerability to cause the application to enter into an infinite
loop. For more information, refer to the X-Force database entries referred to
below.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2018-8036
DESCRIPTION: Apache PDFBox is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an
out-of-memory exception in AFMParser. By persuading a victim to open a
specially-crafted file, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to
cause the application to enter into an infinite loop.
CVSS Base Score: 5.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/
145592 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM Business Automation Workflow V18.0.0.1
IBM Business Automation Workflow V18.0.0.2
IBM Business Automation Workflow V19.0.0.1

Remediation/Fixes

Install interim fix JR60697 as appropriate for your current IBM Business
Automation Workflow.

  o IBM Business Automation Workflow

For IBM Business Automation Workflow V18.0.0.1 through V19.0.0.1
. Upgrade to at least IBM Business Automation WorkflowV18.0.0.1as required by
iFix and then apply iFix JR60697
- --OR--
. Apply cumulative fix IBM Business Automation Workflow V19.0.0.2(planned for
end of Q2 2019)

Change History

27 Jun, 2019: Original Version Published

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