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Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in Apache Ant affects IBM Platform Symphony and IBM Spectrum Symphony

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Summary

These interim fixes provide instructions on upgrading Apache Ant to 1.10.8 in IBM Platform Symphony 7.1 Fix Pack 1, IBM Platform Symphony 7.1.1, IBM Spectrum Symphony 7.1.2, IBM Spectrum Symphony 7.2.0.2, IBM Spectrum Symphony 7.2.1, and IBM Spectrum Symphony 7.3 in order to address security vulnerability CVE-2020-1945 in Apache Ant.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2020-1945
DESCRIPTION:   Apache Ant could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by the use of an insecure temporary directory to store source files. By sending a specially-crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain sensitive information and inject modified source files into the build process.
CVSS Base score: 6.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/181875 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)Version(s)
IBM Spectrum Symphony7.3
IBM Spectrum Symphony7.2.1
IBM Spectrum Symphony7.2.0.2
IBM Spectrum Symphony7.1.2
IBM Platform Symphony7.1.1
IBM Platform Symphony7.1 Fix Pack 1

Remediation/Fixes

ProductsVRMFAPARRemediation/First Fix
IBM Spectrum Symphony7.3P103839sym-7.3-build556786
IBM Spectrum Symphony7.2.1P103838sym-7.2.1-build556785
IBM Spectrum Symphony7.2.0.2P103837sym-7.2.0.2-build556784
IBM Spectrum Symphony7.1.2P103836sym-7.1.2-build556783
IBM Platform Symphony7.1.1P103835sym-7.1.1-build556782
IBM Platform Symphony7.1 Fix Pack 1P103834sym-7.1-build556781
 

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

07 Sep 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.

Disclaimer

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Document Location

Worldwide

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Document Information

Modified date:
07 September 2020

UID

ibm16327149

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