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Security Bulletin: Multiple vulnerabilities in Mozilla Firefox affect IBM Cloud App Management

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Summary

There are multiple vulnerabilities in Mozilla Firefox used by IBM® Cloud App Management. IBM Cloud App Management has addressed the applicable CVEs in a later version.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2020-6796
DESCRIPTION:   Mozilla Firefox could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by an out-of-bounds write on shared memory read in the parent process. By persuading a victim to visit a specially-crafted Web site, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using unknown attack vectors to execute arbitrary code on the vulnerable system or cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base score: 8.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/176073 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

CVEID:   CVE-2020-6800
DESCRIPTION:   Mozilla Firefox could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by memory safety bugs within the browser engine. By persuading a victim to visit a specially-crafted Web site, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using unknown attack vectors to execute arbitrary code on the vulnerable system or cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base score: 8.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/176072 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

CVEID:   CVE-2020-6798
DESCRIPTION:   Mozilla Firefox is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by incorrect parsing of template tag. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using a specially-crafted URL to execute script in a victim's Web browser within the security context of the hosting Web site, once the URL is clicked. An attacker could use this vulnerability to steal the victim's cookie-based authentication credentials.
CVSS Base score: 6.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/176075 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 App Management V20182019.3.0
IBM Cloud App Management V20182019.4.0

Remediation/Fixes

IBM Cloud App Management was updated to use a later version of Mozilla Firefox. Install or upgrade to IBM Cloud App Management 2020.1.0 or later to address these security vulnerabilities. Later versions of IBM Cloud App Management are available on IBM Passport Advantage.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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Change History

14 Apr 2020: 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:
23 April 2020

UID

ibm16190587