TIBCO Enterprise Runtime for R Server Running On Linux With Containerized TERR
Service Vulnerable To Remote Code Execution

  Original release date: September 17, 2019
  Last revised: ---
  Source: TIBCO Software Inc.


Systems Affected

  TIBCO Enterprise Runtime for R - Server Edition versions 1.2.0 and below

  TIBCO Spotfire Analytics Platform for AWS Marketplace versions 10.4.0 and
    10.5.0

  The following component is affected:
  
    * server


Description

  The component listed above contains a vulnerability that theoretically allows
  an authenticated user to trigger remote code execution in certain
  circumstances. When the affected component runs with the containerized TERR
  service on Linux the host can theoretically be tricked into running malicious
  code.


Impact

  The impact of this vulnerability includes the theoretical possibility that an
  attacker could gain full control of the operating system account hosting the
  affected component. In addition to the information flowing through the system,
  the exposed information might include secrets necessary to issue trusted
  requests to other TIBCO Spotfire servers.

  CVSS v3 Base Score: 9.9 (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H)


Solution

  TIBCO has released updated versions of the affected systems which address this
  issue:

  TIBCO Enterprise Runtime for R - Server Edition versions 1.2.0 and below
    update to version 1.2.1 or higher

  TIBCO Spotfire Analytics Platform for AWS Marketplace versions 10.4.0 and
    10.5.0 update to version 10.5.1 or higher


References

  http://www.tibco.com/services/support/advisories
  CVE-2019-11211