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Security Bulletin: Vulnerability identified in jackson-databind shipped with IBM Cloud Pak System (CVE-2020-24750)

Security Bulletin


Summary

Vulnerability identified in jackson-databind shipped with IBM Cloud Pak System. IBM Clous Pak System addresssed vulnerabilities.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2020-24750
DESCRIPTION:   FasterXML jackson-databind could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by an unsafe deserialization between gadgets and typing, related to com.pastdev.httpcomponents.configuration.JndiConfiguration. By sending specially-crafted input, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS Base score: 9.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/188470 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)Version(s)
IBM Cloud Pak Systemv2.3.0.1, v2.3.1.1

Remediation/Fixes

For all minor release version that are end of support and unsupported releases the recommendation is to upgrade to latest fixed release. 

For IBM Cloud Pak System V.2.3.0.1,  V2.3.1.1,

Upgrade to IBM Cloud Pak System V2.3.2.0 or later

Information on upgrading can be found here: http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10887959.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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Change History

8 Oct 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:
06 October 2020

UID

ibm16343203