Security Bulletin
Summary
Vulnerability in Apache Commons Compress exposed within IBM Event Streams
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2019-12402
DESCRIPTION: Apache Commons Compress is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an error in the internal file name encoding algorithm. By choosing the file names inside of a specially crafted archive, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the application to enter into an infinite loop.
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
| Affected Product(s) | Version(s) |
| IBM Event Streams | 2019.2.1, 2019.4.1, 2019.4.2 |
| IBM Event Streams in IBM Cloud Pak for Integration | 2019.2.2, 2019.2.3, 2019.4.1, 2019.4.2 |
Remediation/Fixes
Upgrade from IBM Event Streams 2019.2.1, IBM Event Streams 2019.4.1 and IBM Event Streams 2019.4.2 to the latest Fix Pack.
Upgrade IBM Event Streams 2019.2.2, IBM Event Streams 2019.2.3, IBM Event Streams 2019.4.1 and IBM Event Streams 2019.4.2 in IBM Cloud Pak for Integration by downloading IBM Event Streams 2019.4.3 in IBM Cloud Pak for Integration 2020.1.1.1 from IBM Entitled Registry
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Change History
07 Aug 2020: Initial Publication
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Document Location
Worldwide
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Document Information
Modified date:
10 August 2020
Initial Publish date:
07 August 2020
UID
ibm16257799