Security Bulletin
Summary
This security bulletin addresses the vulnerability in Open Source Apache CXF that affect IBM Tivoli Application Dependency Discovery Manager.
Vulnerability Details
DESCRIPTION: Apache CXF is vulnerable to a man-in-the-middle attack, caused by a flaw in JMX Integration. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to launch a man-in-the-middle attack and gain access to the communication channel between endpoints to obtain sensitive information or further compromise the system.
CVSS Base score: 5.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/178938 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)
Affected Products and Versions
| Affected Product(s) | Version(s) |
| IBM Tivoli Application Dependency Discovery Manager | 7.3.0.0-7.3.0.7 |
Remediation/Fixes
| Fix | VRMF | APAR | How to acquire fix |
| efix_TADDM7307_CXF3213_FP7200218.zip | 7.3.0.5-7.3.0.7 | None | Download eFix |
Note: Before TADDM 7.3.0.5, Java 7 was used and this CXF fix is applicable to Java8. Hence, no eFix can be provided for versions before 7.3.0.5
Workarounds and Mitigations
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References
Change History
21 Jul 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:
22 October 2020
UID
ibm16253843