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SUPPORT COMMUNICATION - SECURITY BULLETIN

Document ID: KM03272900
Version: 1

MFSBGN03827 rev.1 - Microfocus Real User Monitoring 9.4.0 BPRDownload Java
Deserialization Vulnerability

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

Release Date: 2018-10-23
Last Updated: 2018-10-23

Potential Security Impact: Remote: Arbitrary Code Execution

Source: Micro Focus, Product Security Response Team

VULNERABILITY SUMMARY
A potential vulnerability has been identified in Micro Focus Real User
Monitoring software. The vulnerability could be exploited to execute
arbitrary.

References:

  - CVE-2018-18589

SUPPORTED SOFTWARE VERSIONS*: ONLY impacted versions are listed.

  - Real User Monitoring 9.26IP, 9.30, 9.40 and 9.50

BACKGROUND

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


Micro Focus would like to thank Deapesh Misra of iDefense Labs, Accenture for
reporting this issue to cyber-psrt@microfocus.com.

RESOLUTION

Micro Focus has made the following mitigation information available to
resolve the vulnerability for the impacted versions of Real User Monitor
(RUM):

https://softwaresupport.softwaregrp.com/group/softwaresupport/searc
-result/-/facetsearch/document/KM03241665

HISTORY
Version:1 (rev.1) - 23 October 2018 Initial release

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