Security Bulletin
Summary
Apache Commons Compress is vulnerable to a denial of service which can affect IBM Transparent Could Tiering and addressed the following vulnerability.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2019-12402
DESCRIPTION: The file name encoding algorithm used internally in Apache Commons Compress 1.15 to 1.18 can get into an infinite loop when faced with specially crafted inputs. This can lead to a denial of service attack if an attacker can choose the file names inside of an archive created by Compress.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/165956 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)
Affected Products and Versions
Transparent Cloud Tiering 1.1.1.0 thru 1.1.3.10
Transparent Cloud Tiering 1.1.5.0 thru 1.1.7.2
Remediation/Fixes
For Transparent Cloud Tiering 1.1.5.0 thru 1.1.7.2, apply Transparent Cloud Tiering 1.1.7.3 bundled with IBM Spectrum Scale V5.0.4.1 available from FixCentral at:
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Change History
13 Nov 2019: 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.
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Document Location
Worldwide
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Document Information
Modified date:
20 December 2019
UID
ibm11109775