Security Bulletin
Summary
IBM Security Risk Manager on CP4S has addressed the following vulnerabilities:
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2020-5421
DESCRIPTION: VMware Tanzu Spring Framework could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by improper input validation. By using a specially-crafted jsessionid path parameter, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to bypass RFD Protection.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/188530 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)
CVEID: CVE-2021-27807
DESCRIPTION: Apache PDFBox is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an infinite loop flaw. By persuading a victim to open a specially-crafted .PDF file, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base score: 5.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/198451 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
CVEID: CVE-2021-27906
DESCRIPTION: Apache PDFBox is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an OutOfMemory-Exception flaw. By persuading a victim to open a specially-crafted .PDF file, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base score: 5.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/198452 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
CVEID: CVE-2021-22118
DESCRIPTION: VMware Tanzu Spring Framework could allow a local authenticated attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused by a flaw in the WebFlux application. By sending a specially-crafted request, an authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability to gain elevated privileges to read or modify files in the WebFlux application, or overwrite arbitrary files with multipart request data.
CVSS Base score: 7.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/202705 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L)
CVEID: CVE-2021-38911
DESCRIPTION: IBM Cloud Pak - Risk Manager stores user credentials in plain clear text which can be read by a an authenticatedl privileged user.
CVSS Base score: 4.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/209940 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)
CVEID: CVE-2020-8908
DESCRIPTION: Guava could allow a remote authenticated attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by a temp directory creation vulnerability in com.google.common.io.Files.createTempDir(). By sending a specially-crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to bypass access restrictions.
CVSS Base score: 5.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/192996 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N)
CVEID: CVE-2020-15250
DESCRIPTION: JUnit4 could allow a local attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by a flaw in test rule TemporaryFolder. By sending a specially crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain sensitive information.
CVSS Base score: 4
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/189677 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)
CVEID: CVE-2021-31811
DESCRIPTION: Apache PDFBox is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an out-of-memory exception while loading a file. By persuading a victim to open a specially-crafted PDF file, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base score: 5.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/203615 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
CVEID: CVE-2021-31812
DESCRIPTION: Apache PDFBox is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an error while loading a file. By persuading a victim to open a specially-crafted PDF file, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the system to enter into an infinite loop.
CVSS Base score: 5.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/203587 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
Affected Products and Versions
| Affected Product(s) | Version(s) |
| IBM Security Risk Manager on CP4S | CP4S 1.7.2.0 |
Remediation/Fixes
To obtain fixes for all reported issues, customers are advised to upgrade to CP4S 1.7.2.0 and then apply the upgrade for CP4S 1.8.0.0.
| Product | VRMF | APAR | Remediation / First Fix |
| IBM Security Risk Manager on CP4S | 1.7.2.0 |
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Follow the instructions to upgrade IBM Security Risk Manager on CP4S to 1.8.0.0 using link. |
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Acknowledgement
John Zuccato, Rodney Ryan, Chris Shepherd, Vince Dragnea, Troy Fisher, Nathan Roane, Gabor Minyo and Geoffrey Owden from IBM X-Force Ethical Hacking Team
Change History
18 Oct 2021: Initial Publication
*The CVSS Environment Score is customer environment specific and will ultimately impact the Overall CVSS Score. Customers can evaluate the impact of this vulnerability in their environments by accessing the links in the Reference section of this Security Bulletin.
Disclaimer
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Document Location
Worldwide
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Document Information
Modified date:
18 October 2021
UID
ibm16505281