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TIBCO Security Advisory: December 12, 2017 - tibbr - 2017-5530

SAML protocol handling errors in tibbr

Original release date: December 12, 2017
Last revised: --
CVE-2017-5530
Source: TIBCO Software Inc.

Systems Affected

  • tibbr Community versions 5.2.1 and below
  • tibbr Community versions 6.0.0 and 6.0.1
  • tibbr Community version 7.0.0
  • tibbr Enterprise versions 5.2.1 and below
  • tibbr Enterprise versions 6.0.0 and 6.0.1
  • tibbr Enterprise version 7.0.0

The following components are affected:

  • tibbr web server

Description

The tibbr components listed above contain SAML protocol handling errors which may allow authorized users to impersonate other users, and therefore escalate their access privileges.

Impact

The impact of this vulnerability includes, for already authorized users, the theoretical escalation of privileges to those of any other user.

  CVSS v3 Base Score: 8.1 (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N)

Solution

TIBCO has released updated versions of the affected components which address these issues.

For each affected system, update to the corresponding software versions:

For tibbr Community

  • versions 5.2.1 and below, upgrade to version 5.2.2 or higher
  • versions 6.0.X, upgrade to version 6.0.2 or higher
  • version 7.0.0, upgrade to version 7.0.1 or higher

For tibbr Enterprise

  • versions 5.2.1 and below, upgrade to version 5.2.2 or higher
  • versions 6.0.X, upgrade to version 6.0.2 or higher
  • version 7.0.0, upgrade to version 7.0.1 or higher

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