SB2023013040 - Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Tivoli System Automation Application Manager
Published: January 30, 2023 Updated: December 29, 2025
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 4 secuirty vulnerabilities.
1) Unsafe reflection (CVE-ID: CVE-2014-0114)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to Apache Commons BeanUtils does not suppress the class property. A remote unauthenticated attacker can manipulate the ClassLoader and execute arbitrary code via the class parameter
2) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2012-1007)
Vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform Cross-site scripting attacks.
An input validation error exists in Apache Struts when processing the name parameter to struts-examples/upload/upload-submit.do, or the message parameter to struts-cookbook/processSimple.do or struts-cookbook/processDyna.do. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in victim's browser in security context of vulnerable website.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.
3) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-1182)
The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.
4) Improper input validation (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-1181)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.
The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation in ActionServlet.java when handling multithreaded access to an ActionForm instance. A remote non-authenticated attacker can exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.