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Security Bulletin: Potential vulnerability with FasterXML jackson-databind

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Summary

A potential vulnerability has been identified related to FasterXML jackson-databind. Refer to details for additional information.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2020-8840
DESCRIPTION:   An unspecified error with the lack of certain xbean-reflect/JNDI blocking in FasterXML jackson-databind has an unknown impact and attack vector.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/176241 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)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)Version(s)
WA for ICP1.4.1

Remediation/Fixes

Upgrade to the latest (1.4.2) version of WA for CP4D

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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Change History

28 May 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:
19 June 2020

Initial Publish date:
28 May 2020

UID

ibm16217634