[security bulletin] MFSBGN03829 rev.1 - Micro Focus Operation Bridge Containerized Suite, Remote Code Execution

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SUPPORT COMMUNICATION - SECURITY BULLETIN

Document ID: KM03283416
Version: 1

MFSBGN03829 rev.1 - Micro Focus Operation Bridge Containerized Suite, Remote
Code Execution

NOTICE: The information in this Security Bulletin should be acted upon as
soon as possible.

Release Date: 2018-11-07
Last Updated: 2018-11-07

Potential Security Impact: Remote: Code Execution, Disclosure of Information

Source: Micro Focus, Product Security Response Team

VULNERABILITY SUMMARY
A potential vulnerability has been identified in the Operations Bridge
Manager capability of the Micro Focus Operations Bridge containerized suite.
The vulnerability could be exploited to remote code execution and information
disclosure.

References:

  - CVE-2018-18590

SUPPORTED SOFTWARE VERSIONS*: ONLY impacted versions are listed.

  - Micro Focus Operations Bridge containerized suite 2017.11 until 2018.08
(Operations Bridge Manager capability)

BACKGROUND

  CVSS Base Metrics
  =================
  Reference, CVSS V3 Score/Vector, CVSS V2 Score/Vector


RESOLUTION

Micro Focus has made the following mitigation information available to
resolve the vulnerability for the impacted versions of Micro Focus Operations
Bridge:

        The procedure to exchange the CA certificate for the BBC based
communication for the Operations Bridge Manager capability needs to be
executed:

[https://softwaresupport.softwaregrp.com/group/softwaresupport/search-result/
/facetsearch/document/KM03261931](https://softwaresupport.softwaregrp.com/gro
p/softwaresupport/search-result/-/facetsearch/document/KM03261931)

HISTORY
Version:1 (rev.1) - 7 November 2018 Initial release

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