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Security Bulletin: A Security Vulnerability affects Cloud Foundry for IBM Cloud Private (CVE-2019-16935)

Security Bulletin


Summary

A Security Vulnerability affects Cloud Foundry for IBM Cloud Private

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2019-16935
DESCRIPTION:   The documentation XML-RPC server in Python through 2.7.16, 3.x through 3.6.9, and 3.7.x through 3.7.4 has XSS via the server_title field. This occurs in Lib/DocXMLRPCServer.py in Python 2.x, and in Lib/xmlrpc/server.py in Python 3.x. If set_server_title is called with untrusted input, arbitrary JavaScript can be delivered to clients that visit the http URL for this server.
CVSS Base score: 6.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/168612 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)Version(s)
IBM Cloud Private3.2.0 CD
IBM Cloud Private3.2.1 CD

Remediation/Fixes

Product defect fixes and security updates are only available for the two most recent Continuous Delivery (CD) update packages
  • Cloud Foundry for IBM Cloud Private  3.2.1
  • Cloud Foundry for IBM Cloud Private  3.2.0

 

For Cloud Foundry for IBM Cloud Private  3.2.1, apply fix pack:
 
 
For Cloud Foundry for IBM Cloud Private  3.2.0, apply fix pack:

 

If required, individual product fixes can be made available between CD update packages for resolution of problems. Contact IBM support for assistance

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

Complete CVSS v3 Guide
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Related Information

IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

Change History

30 Dec 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.

Disclaimer

Review the IBM security bulletin disclaimer and definitions regarding your responsibilities for assessing potential impact of security vulnerabilities to your environment.

Document Location

Worldwide

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Document Information

Modified date:
30 December 2019

UID

ibm11165804

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