Security Bulletin: Vulnerabilities in Apache ActiveMQ affect IBM Operations Analytics Predictive Insights (CVE-2020-11998, CVE-2020-13920)

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2020-13920
DESCRIPTION:   Apache ActiveMQ is vulnerable to a man-in-the-middle attack, caused by improper authentication validation when connecting to the JMX RMI registry. By creating another server to proxy the original, 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 user credentials or further compromise the system.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/188067 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)

CVEID:   CVE-2020-11998
DESCRIPTION:   Apache ActiveMQ could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by improper input validation by the RMIConnectorServer function. By creating a specially-crafted avax.management.loading.MLet MBean, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the Java application to execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS Base score: 9.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/188065 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)