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TIBCO Security Advisory: April 24, 2019 - TIBCO Active Matrix Service Grid - 2019-8992

TIBCO Active Matrix Service Grid Administrator Remote Code Execution

Original release date: April 24, 2019
Last revised:
CVE-2019-8992
Source: TIBCO Software Inc.

Systems Affected

  • TIBCO ActiveMatrix BPM versions 4.2.0 and below
  • TIBCO ActiveMatrix BPM Distribution for TIBCO Silver Fabric versions 4.2.0 and below
  • TIBCO ActiveMatrix Policy Director versions 1.1.0 and below
  • TIBCO ActiveMatrix Service Bus versions 3.3.0 and below
  • TIBCO ActiveMatrix Service Grid versions 3.3.1 and below
  • TIBCO ActiveMatrix Service Grid Distribution for TIBCO Silver Fabric versions 3.3.0 and below
  • TIBCO Silver Fabric Enabler for ActiveMatrix BPM versions 1.4.1 and below
  • TIBCO Silver Fabric Enabler for ActiveMatrix Service Grid versions 1.3.1 and below

The following component is affected:

  • administrative server

Description

The component listed above contains a vulnerability wherein a user without privileges to upload distributed application archives ("Upload DAA" permission) can theoretically upload arbitrary code, and in some circumstances then execute that code on ActiveMatrix Service Grid nodes.

Impact

The impact of this vulnerability includes the theoretical possibility that a user without privileges to upload code could execute arbitrary code on ActiveMatrix Service Grid nodes.

  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 components which address these issues.

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

  • TIBCO ActiveMatrix BPM versions 4.2.0 and below update to version 4.3.0 or higher
  • TIBCO ActiveMatrix BPM Distribution for TIBCO Silver Fabric versions 4.2.0 and below update to 4.3.0 or higher
  • TIBCO ActiveMatrix Policy Director versions 1.1.0 and below update to version 2.0.0 or higher. Due to the scheduled retirement of this product in early 2021, customers are strongly encouraged to contact TIBCO Support in order to explore alternative paths for remediation.
  • TIBCO ActiveMatrix Service Bus versions 3.3.0 and below update to TIBCO ActiveMatrix Service Grid version 3.4.0 or higher (product functionality has been consolidated)
  • TIBCO ActiveMatrix Service Grid versions 3.3.1 and below update to version 3.4.0 or higher
  • TIBCO ActiveMatrix Service Grid Distribution for TIBCO Silver Fabric versions 3.3.0 and below update to version 3.4.0 or higher
  • TIBCO Silver Fabric Enabler for ActiveMatrix BPM versions 1.4.1 and below update to version 1.4.2 or higher
  • TIBCO Silver Fabric Enabler for ActiveMatrix Service Grid versions 1.3.1 and below update to version 1.3.2 or higher

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