CVE-2018-18812

TIBCO Spotfire Fails To Prevent Write Access to Spotfire Library

Description

The Spotfire Library component of TIBCO Software Inc.'s TIBCO Spotfire Analytics Platform for AWS Marketplace, and TIBCO Spotfire Server contains a vulnerability that might theoretically fail to restrict users with read-only access from modifying files stored in the Spotfire Library, only when the Spotfire Library is configured to use external storage. Affected releases are TIBCO Software Inc.'s TIBCO Spotfire Analytics Platform for AWS Marketplace versions up to and including 10.0.0, and TIBCO Spotfire Server versions up to and including 7.10.1; 7.11.0; 7.11.1; 7.12.0; 7.13.0; 7.14.0; 10.0.0.

Remediation

Solution:

  • TIBCO has released updated versions of the affected components which address these issues. In addition, we recommend that server administrators run the command line tool "check-external-library" to verify the consistency of the external storage. Please see the Spotfire Server Installation and Administration guide for further details. For each affected system, update to the corresponding software versions: TIBCO Spotfire Analytics Platform for AWS Marketplace versions 10.0.0 and below update to version 10.0.1 or higher TIBCO Spotfire Server versions 7.10.1 and below update to version 7.10.2 or higher TIBCO Spotfire Server versions 7.11.0, and 7.11.1 update to version 7.11.2 or higher TIBCO Spotfire Server versions 7.12.0, 7.13.0, 7.14.0, and 10.0.0 update to version 10.0.1 or higher

Category

6.5
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.16%
Vendor Advisory tibco.com Vendor Advisory tibco.com
Affected: TIBCO Software Inc. TIBCO Spotfire Analytics Platform for AWS Marketplace
Affected: TIBCO Software Inc. TIBCO Spotfire Server versions
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106635 third party advisory vdb entry
https://www.tibco.com/support/advisories/2019/01/tibco-security-advisory-january-16-2019-tibco-spotfire-2018-18812 vendor advisory
http://www.tibco.com/services/support/advisories vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2018-18812?
CVE-2018-18812 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2018-18812?
To fix CVE-2018-18812: TIBCO has released updated versions of the affected components which address these issues. In addition, we recommend that server administrators run the command line tool "check-external-library" to verify the consistency of the external storage. Please see the Spotfire Server Installation and Administration guide for further details. For each affected system, update to the corresponding software versions: TIBCO Spotfire Analytics Platform for AWS Marketplace versions 10.0.0 and below update to version 10.0.1 or higher TIBCO Spotfire Server versions 7.10.1 and below update to version 7.10.2 or higher TIBCO Spotfire Server versions 7.11.0, and 7.11.1 update to version 7.11.2 or higher TIBCO Spotfire Server versions 7.12.0, 7.13.0, 7.14.0, and 10.0.0 update to version 10.0.1 or higher
Is CVE-2018-18812 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2018-18812 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
What software or system is affected by CVE-2018-18812?
CVE-2018-18812 affects TIBCO Software Inc. TIBCO Spotfire Analytics Platform for AWS Marketplace, TIBCO Software Inc. TIBCO Spotfire Server versions.
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