TIBCO ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks Fails To Properly Enforce Authentication
CVE-2019-8990

9.1CRITICAL

Key Information:

Vendor
Tibco
Status
Tibco Activematrix Businessworks
Vendor
CVE Published:
9 April 2019

Summary

The HTTP Connector component of TIBCO Software Inc.'s TIBCO ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks contains a vulnerability that theoretically allows unauthenticated HTTP requests to be processed by the BusinessWorks engine even when authentication is required. This possibility is restricted to circumstances where HTTP "Basic Authentication" policy is used in conjunction with an XML Authentication resource. The BusinessWorks engine might instead use credentials from a prior HTTP request for authorization purposes. Affected releases are TIBCO Software Inc. TIBCO ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks: versions up to and including 6.4.2.

Affected Version(s)

TIBCO ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks <= 6.4.2

References

http://www.tibco.com/services/support/advisories
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https://www.tibco.com/support/advisories/2019/04/tibco-se...
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107840
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
9.1
Severity:
CRITICAL
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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