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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 =========================================================================== AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution ESB-2019.3037 Information disclosure mitigation steps published for IBM Infosphere products 9 August 2019 =========================================================================== AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary --------------------------------- Product: IBM Infosphere Global Name Management IBM Infosphere Identity Insight Publisher: IBM Operating System: UNIX variants (UNIX, Linux, OSX) Windows Impact/Access: Access Confidential Data -- Unknown/Unspecified Resolution: Mitigation Original Bulletin: https://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10958081 https://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10958079 Comment: This bulletin contains two (2) IBM security advisories. - --------------------------BEGIN INCLUDED TEXT-------------------- Security Bulletin: Information disclosure for IBM Infosphere Global Name Management Document information Component: Enterprise Name Search Software version: 5.0, 6.0 Operating system(s): Platform Independent Reference #: 0958081 Modified date: 07 August 2019 Summary There is a potential information disclosure vulnerability in Global Name Management when using Enterprise Name Search. The information disclosure is due to an XML external entity (XXE) vulnerability. Customers not using Enterprise Name Search are not affected. Affected Products and Versions IBM InfoSphere Global Name Management 6.0 IBM InfoSphere Global Name Management 5.0 Remediation/Fixes IBM Infosphere Global Name Management 6.0 To fix this vulnerability: 1. Create the file <ENS install root>/java/jre/lib/jaxp.properties . Typically there is already a file named jaxp.properties.sample in that directory, with all of its contents commented out. Copy that file to a file named jaxp.properties, or create an empty file with that name. Then append the following lines to the end of the file: # For security, do not allow external DTDs, schemas, or stylesheets javax.xml.accessExternalDTD="" javax.xml.accessExternalSchema="" javax.xml.accessExternalStylesheet="" IBM Infosphere Global Name Management 5.0 To fix this vulnerability: 1. Download and install IBM Infosphere Global Name Management 5.0.0.1 iFix008 or greater from IBM Fix Central. Acknowledgement Reported by Goblue. Change History 09 August 2019: original document published - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Security Bulletin: Information disclosure for IBM Infosphere Identity Insight Document information Software version: 8.1, 9.0 Operating system(s): Platform Independent Reference #: 0958079 Modified date: 07 August 2019 Summary There is a potential information disclosure vulnerability in Identity Insight when using web services. The information disclosure is due to an XML external entity (XXE) vulnerability. Affected Products and Versions IBM InfoSphere Identity Insight 9.0 IBM InfoSphere Identity Insight 8.1 Remediation/Fixes IBM InfoSphere Identity Insight 9.0 To fix this vulnerability: 1. Create the file <Identity Insight install root>/java/jre/lib directory/ jaxp.properties . Typically there is already a file named jaxp.properties.sample in that directory, with all of its contents commented out. Copy that file to a file named jaxp.properties, or create an empty file with that name. Then append the following lines to the end of the file: # For security, do not allow external DTDs, schemas, or stylesheets javax.xml.accessExternalDTD="" javax.xml.accessExternalSchema="" javax.xml.accessExternalStylesheet="" IBM InfoSphere Identity Insight 8.1 To fix this vulnerability: 1. Download and install InfoSphere Identity Insight 8.1.0.4 iFix005 or greater from IBM Fix Central. Acknowledgement Reported by Goblue. Change History 09 August 2019: original document published - --------------------------END INCLUDED TEXT-------------------- You have received this e-mail bulletin as a result of your organisation's registration with AusCERT. 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